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A Decade of Complementary Therapies Provision

by Dr Brian Isbell

This article focuses of the development and growth of complementary therapies provision, which began to accelerate from 1995 in universities. However, the first mainstream provider...

An Integrated Approach to 21st Century Medicine

by Dr Shamim Daya

The author takes an integrated approach to 21st century medicine with the view that it encourages us to see a far bigger picture of who and what we are and the many different facto...

An Integrated Clinical Approach to Optimum Health

by Dr Rajendra Sharma

A fully qualified doctor who specialises in the use of Complementary Medicine. A member of the Faculty of Homoeopathy, London, he has a broad knowledge of diagnostic techniques and...

Challenges Facing CAM Education Providers in the New Decade

by Dr Brian Isbell

Education in Complementary and Alternatives Medicine faces challenges as Further and Higher Education Colleges, and universities face funding cuts. Private educational institutio...

Integrated Medical Approach

by Dr Atul K. Shah and Dr (Mrs) Rupa A. Shah

We are making a quantum leap into the next century. We have witnessed and are enjoying the fruits of incredible research done in every field of life. Medical research is a major ar...

Integrated Medicine - Philosophy and Clinical Practice

by Dr Mark Atkinson

This article focuses on Integrated Medicine,  which the author says, is the Medicine of the New Millennium that is here to stay, but still not easy to define as there is no univers...

The Importance of Professional Organizations in Integrated Medicine

by Dr Brian Isbell

For as long as there have been complementary therapists, there have been organisations formed by individuals or groups to promote that therapy. Frequently, early professional organ...

Why develop degrees in Complementary Therapies?

by Dr Brian Isbell

By September 1998 at least ten Universities in the UK were enrolling students in degrees on Complementary Therapies. Some of the universities were offering places on up to six diff...