Positive Health Online

A Learning Experience

by Leon Chaitow, ND DO

We speak of integration and this is usually, in my experience, focused around the issues of how GPs (and sometimes hospitals) can find ways of working with CPs (complementary pract...

Are You Qualified to Practise?

by Mark Kane

This question is perhaps not always asked out loud by patients but is certainly present when they first consult a practitioner of complementary therapies.

Building a Thriving Complementary Practice

by Bernadette Doyle

...if your practice isn't thriving in the way you would like, it's time to take a look at steps you could be taking to attract more clients with ease.

CAM - A Vow of Poverty?

by Mike Webster

Self esteem and good marketing are key elements in a successful business in CAM; however the words 'business' and 'marketing' are often shunned by health practitioners and considere...

Complementary Healing Methods: The GP's Dilemma

by Dr Jayne LM Donegan

In this article, the author shares the dilemma she faces, as an NHS GP and homeopath, when cancer patients, for one, cling to the hope that conventional medicine will save them no ...

Complementary Medicine – Prepare for the Future

by Richard Eaton

In April 2003, Hazel Blears, the Public Health Minister, announced that the government will spend £1.3 million on research into complementary medicine in a five-year programme, wit...

Complementary Medicine and the Voluntary sector

by Richard Eaton

This article looks at issues relevant to the future practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). This includes the relaxation of constitutional and economic restrictio...

Complementary Therapies within an NHS Clinic

by Adrian Seager

Warwick House Medical Centre is an NHS Practice consisting of 4 doctors: 2 male, 2 female. It is a non-fundholding practice of 6,000 patients and the workload is shared equally bet...

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) - Is It Really Necessary?

by Carole Preen

The author looks into the importance of personal growth and development for alternative / complementary therapists / practitioners, and questions whether this Continuing Profession...

Do I Really Need a Degree?

by Susanna Dowie

This article focuses on one woman who has recognized the importance of excellent credentials in the world of complementary therapies. Liz Jeannet, a Complementary and Alternative M...

Don't Pick up the Client's Negative Energy: From White Light to Neuroscience

by Su Fox

The author has always followed ‘white light protection’ practices, intended to protect the practitioner from a client’s ‘negativity’, but has had reservations – would these practic...

Efficacy of Lifestyle Intervention Programmes in the Treatment of Non-communicable Lifestyle-related Illness

by Dr Rosy Daniel

In this highly referenced article, Dr Rosy Daniel, formerly Medical Director of Bristol Cancer Help Centre and currently Director of Health Creation, reviews research demonstrating ...

Healthy Bristol

by Dr Rosy Daniel

Dr Daniel started the three-year Healthy Bristol Integrated Medicine Project in April 2001, with the aim of making Complementary and Alternative medicine, Psychological Support Ser...

How Accurate is a Diagnosis?

by Dayal Pathberiya

This feature looks at how diagnoses are made and how much faith we should place in them. The author points out that two people who seem to be suffering from the same set of sympto...

How Can Complementary Therapists Make a Living?

by Robert Willmington

This article gives some insight into the approaches that a newly qualified complementary therapist can take in getting established in their chosen career and making a decent living...

How To Find a Qualified, Competent Practitioner

by Sarah Noble

This article addresses the some of challenges presented to patients and practitioners, including: how, as a patient, you can find your way through the maze of qualifications and ti...

How We Should Practise Medicine

by Dr Sam Shohet

The basis of all complementary modalities is to take the whole patient into account rather than named conditions they are suffering from such as asthma, eczema and diabetes; yet we...

Influence of the Placebo Effect upon the Healing Process

by Carol Squire

In this article the author attempts to dispel the negative connotations associated with the term placebo effect (the power to please) and, using comprehensive evidence from recent ...

Integrated Treatment Approach for Emotional and Behavioural Problems

by George Andruszkiewicz

The author, a qualified homeopath, describes the work of the Crossroads Centre, part of the City of London and Hackney Alcohol Service, for whom he offers homeopathic services and ...

Limits of Self-Prescribing

by Paul Houghton

The customer should get what the customer wants, but what is that exactly? Some come in expecting to talk to an expert. Others want the client-servant treatment. Quite a few would ...