Welcome to the website for The Other Medicine. I was delighted to be asked to present the programme, as alternative and complementary therapies are a fascinating subject - complex, controversial and yet with the potential to make a major difference in people's lives. Indeed, about a quarter of the adult population of the UK use some form of complementary treatment each year.
Too often, the debate around the subject is portrayed as the 'alternative' against the 'mainstream'. As we explore in the series, the real position is a lot more complex - there are major differences of opinion within the alternative medicine movement, while, more and more, the medical establishment are coming to see value in many of the treatments that have previously been summarily dismissed.
The website here on Open2.net gives you background to some of the issues, and offers hints on getting the best from Complementary and Alternative treatments.
I hope you enjoy the series and the website. I've certainly learned a lot from making it, and it was wonderful to be working again with the Open University. Before working in TV and Radio, I was a staff tutor for the OU in Northern Ireland, so in a way making this series has been like coming home!
Anna
The Other Medicine in more depth:
OU on the BBC: The Other Medicine - About The Other Medicine
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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?
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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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