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Policy News27 November, 2014 by David FinerOP/ED: Making choices between treatments or practitioners without solid comparative information. Using products of unknown quality, safety and efficacy from Internet websites or local drug sellers. These are some of the many challenges we face as consumers of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM). I recently participated in a WHO workshop in Macao SAR, China, on consumer education and TCAM. Read more 
Tags: CAM, China, consumer, David Finer, drugs, education, efficacy, empowerment, health literacy, herbals, information, integrative care, integrative medicine, involvement, Johanna Hök, Macao, medicines, patient, patient safety, pharmaceuticals, quality, research, safety, self-care, TCAM, TM, Torkel Falkenberg, WHO, World Health Organization
Policy News16 April, 2014 by David FinerIn reference to the recent articles in the Swedish tabloid newspaper Expressen criticizing certain CAM therapies, the Swedish Minister of Health Göran Hägglund emphasized the need for reliable information, a critical approach and training of health care staff. Associate Professor Torkel Falkenberg, Head of IC, welcomes critical journalism but emphasizes that the newspaper erroneously lumps all CAM therapies together as if they were the same Read more
Tags: Anna Bäsén, bogus, CAM, CAMbrella, David Finer, EU, Expressen, Göran Hägglund, Indian Traditional Medicine, journalism, NAFKAM, pseudoscience, TCM, TM, Torkel Falkenberg, WHO, World Health Organization
Policy News27 February, 2014 by David FinerIn the future, we need to secure access to health care, which safely and effectively integrates traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TM/CAM). It is a human right. So says the World Health Organization, whose Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan recently signed a new strategy to this effect. Read more
Tags: access, CAM, health, human right, integrative care, Johanna Hök, Margaret Chan, patient autonomy, person-centered care, self-care, TM, Torkel Falkenberg, WHO
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
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Policy News19 September, 2012 by Torkel FalkenbergA decade ago in 2002, I had the honor of being asked to write the first draft of the WHO Strategy on traditional, complementary and alternative medicine. I was also one of four people who got the opportunity to launch the strategy at the World Health Assembly, a ceremony to which all the health ministers of […] Read more
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