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Title

Working with a complementary therapist

Author(s)

Thomsen, Michael

Abstract

Although overwhelming numbers of people are self-medicating with complementary or alternative therapies, they are underserved with reliable professional advice. Health food stores understandably offer only limited information and cannot always supply the more efficacious products available only to complementary therapists (CTs), medical practitioners and pharmacists. With the risk of adverse interactions now an accomplished fact, it is now more important than ever that consumers receive quality integrated healthcare. This is best realised by their having a CT (in this instance, a herbalist), medical practitioner and pharmacist prepared to work cooperatively.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Graduate School of Integrative Medicine

Source

Journal of complementary medicine, Vol. 2, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2003), pp. 30-32

Publication year

2003

Keyword(s)

Complementary alternative medicine;  Integrative medicine;  Cooperation;  Conventional medicine;  Pharmacists

Publisher

Optimal Health Communications

Format

pp. 30-32

ISSN

1446-8263

Publisher URL

http://www.jnlcompmed.com.au/