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Research News20 September, 2013 by David FinerWomen do not integrate conventional and alternative medicine because they think it is a romantic or rebellious thing to do. They do it because they must. Health providers, after all, do not build any bridges. A diary study from Australian reveals the pragmatic approach of older women towards medical pluralism. Researchers view them as role models for all of us as consumers of the future. Read more 
Tags: allopathic medicine, alternative medicine, attitude, Australia, autenticity, biomedicine, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, bridging gaps, CAM, complementary and alternative medicine, David Finer, diaries, disease, empowerment, gender, health, home remedies, independence, integrative care, integrative medicine, Internet, knowledge, lay activism, lay knowledge, mass media, meaning, medical pluralism, narrative analysis, natural, nature, network, networking, old wives tales, patient-doctor communication, personalised medicine, pragmatism, qualitative study, resistance, responsibility, self-care, TM, traditonal medicine, wellbeing, women, women´s health
Policy News6 September, 2013 by Torkel FalkenbergDuring the recent state visit of US President Barack Obama to Sweden, there was an almost hour-long press conference during which Obama and Sweden´s PM Fredrik Reinfeldt affirmed their debt of gratitude to each other´s countries in various respects. At I C (Integrative Care Science Center), we view the US as a role model in terms of concerted, long-term and large-scale efforts in the field of complementary, alternative and integrative care/medicine, writes Torkel Falkenberg, Head of I C in an editorial. Read more
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Research News15 August, 2013 by David FinerThe concept of personalized medicine has become synonymous with risk factor identification and treatment. But according to a German study, our understanding of the term is in fact more in line with personal development, integrative care, authenticity, self-determination and wellbeing. Values which we look for in complementary, alternative and integrative care. Read more
Tags: attitude, authenticity, biomarker, Brigitte Franzel, CAM, communication, complementary and alternative medicine, conceptions, cytochrome P450, David Finer, discourse, ethnography, grapefruit, health care, individualized medicine, integrative medicine, meaning, narrative, patient, patient-doctor communication, person-centered, personalized medicine, research
Research News30 October, 2012 by David FinerA study on participants in clinical trials (“human guinea pigs”) challenges the basic assumption that one can distinguish specific from non-specific treatment effects. It also shows that curiosity, altruism and status-seeking are part of the reason why people take part in clinical trials. Read more
Tags: acupuncture, CAM, choice, clinical trial, communication, David Finer, ECIM, George Lewith, Health Technology Assessment, meaning, orthodox medicine, participation, patient-doctor communication, placebo, treatment effect
Policy News19 September, 2012 by David Finer– In a caring conversation with a patient, we may suddenly see them as fellow human beings with their own life story. That is a good prescription against burnout, said kidney specialist and author Astrid Seeberger during a theme day on altruism in Stockholm recently. Read more
Tags: adherence, altruism, Astrid Seeberger, brain, Cabaret, care, caring, CCARE, Centre for Compassion and Altruism, clinical encounter, CNS, communication, compassion, compliance, concordance, cyberspace, Dan Hasson, David Finer, diagnosis, education, emotion, empathy, encounter, face to face, feeling, food, generosity, generous, golden rule, guidelines, health promotion, HealthWatch, Jakob Eklund, Karolinska Institutet, kidney, Ludvig Igra, Mälardalens Högskola, mirror neurons, mirroring, MR, MRI, narcotics, Nazi, Nazism, nephrology, nursing, patient-doctor, patient-doctor communication, psychology, reward system, self-compassion, self-esteem, sex, sleep, sociology, Stefan Einhorn, Stockholm University, story, storytelling, stress, stress management, stress research, suicide, sustainability, sustainable, teaching
Research News18 September, 2012 by Johanna HökDownward spiraling emotions typical of affective disorders may be lastingly offset by recourse to ”loving kindness”-meditation. IC´s reporter Johanna Hök took part in the seventh international CAM research conference in Portland, Oregon. Read more
Tags: acupuncture, anxiety, CAM, Claudia Witt, communication, David Eisenberg, disease, emotion, Harvard, I C, illness, Integrative Care Science Center, Johanna Hök, loving kindness, lumbar pain, meditation, narrative, nocebo, Osher, pain, patient-doctor communication, placebo, schizophrenia
Policy News17 September, 2012 by David FinerPatients and health care staff should communicate more about herbal medicines, says Barbro Gerdén, M.D. at the Swedish Medical Product Agency. Since 2008, there has been an ongoing campaign in USA promoting that message. Read more
Tags: cancer, communication, herbal, I C, Integrative Care Science Center, nursing, over-the-counter, patient-doctor communication
