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Here in the UK, about twenty per cent of us will use some form of complementary therapy every year, spending millions of pounds on treatments. This BBC Radio 4 series explores the personal experiences, the scientific debates and the power struggles at the heart of the complementary medicine boom.
Presenter Anna Ford asks why so many of us are attracted to complementary therapies, how they can affect our health and well-being, and whether, in the future, they will ever become fully integrated with NHS care. Along the way we'll discover how even deciding if complementary therapies have a positive effect can be controversial. We'll also meet students studying to be the next generation of therapists to explore why standards of qualification vary so much from discipline to discipline.
Whether you're a sceptic or already convinced of the benefits of medicine beyond the Western orthodoxy, you may find your preconceptions being challenged.
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The Other Medicine in more depth:
OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - Welcome From Anna Ford
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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 - Programme 1: Why is CAM so popular?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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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