Icelandic Committee on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Icelandic Committee on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

اسلاید 1: www.tabaye.ir

اسلاید 2: Icelandic Committee on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Gudmundur Sigurdsson M.D.

اسلاید 3: The members of the committeGudmundur Sigurdsson MD (medical doctor)Á. Svava Magnúsdóttir (massage therapist)Dagný E. Einarsdóttir LCHP (homeopath)Einar Magnússon CandPharm (pharmacist)Haraldur Ólafsson professor emeritus (anthropolog)Nanna Friðriksdóttir RN, MSc (clinical nurse)Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir Cand Juris (lawyer)

اسلاید 4: Questions re CAM?What is CAMAvailable education and training for CAMCredentials of CAM teachers/trainersRecognition of CAM practitioners, rules and regulations Cooperation between CAM practitioners and licenced health care professionalsDo licenced health care professionals utilize CAM

اسلاید 5: Questions re CAM continuedCAM and Value Added TaxationEffectiveness of CAMSide effects of CAMAttitude of the public towards CAMUse of CAM by the publicHow should increasing use be metLicencing of CAM practitioners

اسلاید 6: What is CAM“a broad domain of healing resources that encompasses all health systems, modalities, and practices and their accompanying theories and beliefs other than those intrinsic to the politically dominant health systems of a particular society or culture in a given historical period”. Cochrane Collaboration

اسلاید 7: Cam treatments available in Iceland IChiropractic, 4Osteopathy, 2Homeopathy, 25Herbal medicine, 5Acupuncture, 3

اسلاید 8: Cam treatments available in Iceland IIAlexander technique, 5Aromatherapy, 25Bach and other flower remedies, 30Cranio-sacral therapy, 100Massage, 200Reflexology, 500Shiatsu, ?Rolfing, 1Nutritional medicine, 10

اسلاید 9: Cam treatments available in Iceland IIHypnotherapy, ?Meditation, ?Healing, ? NLP, Neuro linguistic programming, 35Yoga, ?

اسلاید 10: Cam treatments available in Iceland IIIaAnthroposophical medicine, 0Ayurvedic medicine, 0Naturopathy, ?Traditional Chinese Medicine, 0

اسلاید 11: Cam treatments available in Iceland IIIb, No. of therapistsCrystal therapy, 40-50Iridology, 10 Kinesiology, 90Chakra balancing, 40

اسلاید 12: Use of CAM in Iceland 1985-2000Director General of Public Health

اسلاید 13: Communication between physicians and patients re CAM“Close to ninety percent of physicians in Iceland reported that they never asked patients about unconventional therapies and the majority that they were seldom or never told about such therapies by patients.” Sigurdsson 1984

اسلاید 14: ConclusionThe use of CAM in Iceland is widespread and increasing.There is a need for better regulation of CAM providers.Licenced health care providers need to better informed about CAMThere is a need for more open communication between patients and health care providers about CAM