There is a plethora of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) used by sufferers of skin diseases. For the most part, the use of these therapies is based on anecdotal evidence or on traditional patterns of use. ...

Background Integrative medicine is a holistic approach to patient care that utilises both conventional and complementary therapy. This article compares the demographics of Australian general practitioners who do, and those ...

This article argues for the importance of examining the phenomenon of integrative health care in broader social and historical contexts. The authors examine mainstream approaches to identify patterns of integrative medicine ...

Objective: An economic model was developed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of hawthorn extract as an adjunctive treatment for heart failure in Australia. Methods: A Markov model of chronic heart failure was developed ...

Occupational violence is increasingly recognized as a problem in general practice, and has been suggested as adversely affecting general practitioners (GPs) provision of services to patients. The aim of this study was to ...

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is strongly shaping the nature and direction of biomedical practice and organisational culture. Clinicians are now expected to adopt the principles of EBM and evidence-based practice (EBP) ...

Objective: To describe the patterns of prescription and dispensing of herbal medicines employed by Western herbal practitioners in Australia. Design: A national postal survey sent to all full members of the National Herbalist ...

Acne, psoriasis and atopic eczema are common diseases and have been consistently associated with adverse psychological sequelae including stigmatization. Being teased on the basis of appearance has been associated with ...

While it is well recognized that rural background medical students are more likely to enter rural practice than urban background, students' research shows that 34% to 67% of rural doctors have urban backgrounds. This article ...

In this paper we identify the need for further research exploring the relationship between complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and womens health. We offer our personal thoughts on the direction such future ...