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OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine

By: The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

Anna Ford explores treatments beyond mainstream medicine for BBC Radio 4.

17 Sep

2004

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First broadcast: Tuesday 21 Sep 2004 on BBC Radio 4

The Other Medicine in more depth:

OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Welcome From Anna Ford BBC

What attracted Anna Ford to making a programme about CAM? Find out in Anna's welcome to the programme and the site. Read more : OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Welcome From Anna Ford

OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - About The Other Medicine Used with permission

Anna Ford explores the controversial subject of complementary and alternative medicine. Read more : OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - About The Other Medicine

OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 1: Why is CAM so popular? BBC

Anna Ford investigates what has led to the UK's embrace of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, in the first programme in the BBC/OU series The Other... Read more : OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 1: Why is CAM so popular?

OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 2: How Do We Find Out If It Works? BBC

In the second programme in the BBC/OU series The Other Medicine, Anna Ford asks how we can judge if the CAM therapies have more than... Read more : OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 2: How Do We Find Out If It Works?

OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 3: Does It Matter How CAM Works? Used with permission

In the third programme in the BBC/OU series The Other Medicine, Anna Ford explores the role of the placebo effect Read more : OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 3: Does It Matter How CAM Works?

OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 4: First, Do No Harm Used with permission

Anna Ford asks whether CAM can be a risk for some patients, in the fourth programme in the BBC/OU series The Other Medicine Read more : OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 4: First, Do No Harm

OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 5: Fit To Practise Used with permission

Anna Ford asks what standards ensure therapists are fit for the task, in the fifth programme in the BBC/OU series The Other Medicine Read more : OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 5: Fit To Practise

OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 6: A Marriage Made In Heaven Used with permission

In the final programme in the BBC/OU series The Other Medicine, Anna Ford asks whether CAM and orthodox medicines can work together Read more : OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Programme 6: A Marriage Made In Heaven

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