alternative medicine
Alternative and complementary therapies are used increasingly in our society. What is the evidence for them? And are there specifically Christian concerns?
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Alternative Therapies – Dr Laurence Crutchlow on Revelation TV
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Doug Harris is in conversation with Dr Laurence Crutchlow about alternative therapies. This program was first broadcast on Simply the Truth, Revelation TV, Tuesday 3 April 2012
Duration: 56 mins
Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Should Christians be involved? (triple helix - Christmas 2008)
Robina Coker CMF 2008 £8.00; Pb 137pp ISBN 978 0906747384 - In a climate where alternative medicine has become increasingly popular, Dr Coker's substantially revised version of her 1995 books seeks to explain the range of therapies that now exist and to suggest ways to handle patients and relatives...
Complementary Medicine - The Professors, the Prince and the WHO (triple helix - summer 2006)
The ongoing conflict between orthodox medicine and the proponents of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) spilled onto the letters pages of the Times recently.[1] An open letter from leading doctors, including Professor Ernst and Nobel Prize winner Sir Black, criticised the NHS'seeping...
What’s the alternative? (nucleus - winter 2006)
Mark Pickering looks at alternative medicine[1] - You don’t have to look far these days to stumble across alternative medicine. Whether it’s homoeopathy at the pharmacy, the osteopath in the high street or acupuncture at the GP surgery, alternative medicine is everywhere and the sheer number of...
Osteopathy (triple helix - spring 2005)
Osteopathy is a popular and 'respectable' alternative therapy originally developed by Still and based on the idea that physical manipulation directed at 'osteopathic lesions' in the spine initiates holistic self-healing processes. Treatment by contemporary osteopaths includes orthodox advice...
Chiropractic (triple helix - winter 2005)
Chiropractic is an alternative system of healthcare and healing based on manipulation of the spine. Its founder, Canadian grocer DD Palmer, believed that maladjusted or displaced vertebra pressed on nerves, interfering with the flow of 'Innate Intelligence' and resulting in defective function and...
Herbs in Medicine (triple helix - autumn 2004)
Herbal medicines contain substances of plant origin and in general are available as over-thecounter products, not subject to close regulation. Whilst many valuable drugs have been identified, purified, evaluated for risk/benefit and eventually synthesised from plants, the effectiveness of most...
Reiki (triple helix - summer 2004)
Reiki is an increasingly popular 'therapy' recommended for a variety of acute and chronic conditions. Developed in the late 19th century, it is characterised by the laying on of hands, and based on an ancient Buddhist healing technique. Like other alternative therapies with New Age associations, it...
Acupuncture (triple helix - spring 2004)
Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese therapy with philosophy and principles based in Taoism. Its traditional exponents believe that needling the skin helps to restore the flow through the body of life energy or ch'i that gets disrupted in disease states.Western doctors who use acupuncture attribute...
Ethical Enigma 7 (nucleus - summer 2004)
Response to Enigma 7: A middle aged gentleman who is very health conscious has recently been diagnosed with discoid eczema. When offered a prescription for a steroid cream he accepted reluctantly despite reassurances with regard to its side effects. He returns a week later saying he would prefer a...