13 August 2008
Complementary medicine
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Changes are coming for the complementary medicine sector. The government is planning to overhaul the regulations for complementary medicine and is looking into how the Therapeutic Goods Administration approves them and how they are advertised. Also the National Prescribing Service just presented the first results of a survey on how informed we are about complementary medicine available to consumers and practitioners. Their bottom line is: we need more information.
Do you know how effective complementary medicine is? What works and what doesn't?
Guests
Dr. Wendy Morrow, Executive Director, Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia
Dr. Ken Harvey, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health at La Trobe University.
Dr. Morton Rawlin, General practitioner
Professor Marc Cohen, Professor of Complementary Medicine at RMIT University
Further Information
Therapeutic Goods Administration - Regulation on complementary medicine
Australasian Integrative Medicine Association
NORPHCAM , Network of Researchers of the Public Health of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee
Australian Self-Medication Industry (ASMI)
The Journal of Complementary Medicine
Australian Traditional-Medicine Society
National Institute of Complementary Medicine
Federation of Natural & Traditional Therapists
Presenter
Paul Barclay
Story Researcher and Producer
Karin Zsivanovits
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