Complimentary on the BBC’s Complementary
October 18th, 2007 
boy, I hope I got that the right way round. The BBC website actually has a fairly nice section on complementary medicine. Nothing really groundbreaking, but I think it gives a good introduction and basic description of various therapies.
What I thought was funny though, was their introduction section, where they note:
According to research, people consistently report four negative and four positive reasons for using complementary medicine.
Negative reasons:
- Poor outcome of conventional treatment
- Unwanted effects of drugs
- Negative experience of the GP relationship
- Health views not in line with conventional medicine
Positive reasons:
- Good outcome from complementary treatment
- Being an active participant in healthcare
- Positive experience of the practitioner relationship
- Health views in line with complementary medicine
I think it is fairly amusing that there is, presumably, at least one study into why people choose to receive complementary therapy; a field in which generally accepted scientific research is often largely lacking and just as often disputed. Maybe it’s just me though.
