صفحه 1:
صفحه 2:
Icelandic Committee on
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
Gudmundur Sigurdsson M.D.
صفحه 3:
The members of the
committe
* Gudmundur Sigurdsson MD (medical doctor)
¢ A. Svava Magnisdoéttir (massage therapist)
* Dagny E. Einarsdottir LCHP (homeopath)
¢ Einar Magnusson CandPharm (pharmacist)
* Haraldur Olafsson professor emeritus
(anthropolog)
* Nanna Fridriksdottir RN, MSc (clinical
nurse)
* Sdlveig Gudmundsdéttir Cand Juris (lawyer)
صفحه 4:
Questions re CAM?
* What is CAM
* Available education and training for CAM
¢ Credentials of CAM teachers/trainers
* Recognition of CAM practitioners, rules
and regulations
* Cooperation between CAM practitioners
and licenced health care professionals
* Do licenced health care professionals
utilize CAM
صفحه 5:
Questions re CAM
continued
* CAM and Value Added Taxation
¢ Effectiveness of CAM
* Side effects of CAM
٠ Attitude of the public towards CAM
* Use of CAM by the public
¢ How should increasing use be met
* Licencing of CAM practitioners
صفحه 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
صفحه 7:
Cam treatments available in Iceland
I
* Chiropractic, 4
* Osteopathy, 2
* Homeopathy, 25
¢ Herbal medicine, 5
¢ Acupuncture, 3
صفحه 8:
Cam treatments available in Iceland
II
Alexander technique, 5
Aromatherapy, 25
Bach and other flower remedies, 30
Cranio-sacral therapy, 100
Massage, 200
Reflexology, 500
Shiatsu, ?
Rolfing, 1
Nutritional medicine, 10
صفحه 9:
Cam treatments available in Iceland
Il
* Hypnotherapy, ?
* Meditation, ?
* Healing, ?
٠ NLP, Neuro linguistic
programming, 35
* Yoga, ?
صفحه 10:
Cam treatments available
in Iceland IIIa
¢ Anthroposophical medicine, 0
¢ Ayurvedic medicine, 0
* Naturopathy, ?
¢ Traditional Chinese Medicine, 0
صفحه 11:
Cam treatments available
in Iceland IIIb, No. of
therapists
* Crystal therapy, 40-50
* Iridology, 10
* Kinesiology, 90
¢ Chakra balancing, 40
صفحه 12:
Use of CAM in Iceland 1985-2000
99۲ 90 9 911۳0
arm 0 9۹0 960 ام( )مب محععه۳)
Obtropravtio ۹6 ۳0 2 0
Q@oupuacture 0 Q% 90 96
Osyehte kealtag 5903 20 59057 ۳۵
Q% 0 Boh d,/% برك احرص تكو /عداصا عضي امطرصلاك
Yoyalwedit ution Qm% ۳90 6 2066
90 66 B% aH
Director General of Public
Health
صفحه 13:
Communication between
physicians and patients re
* “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
صفحه 14:
Conclusion
* The 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 CAM
¢ There is a need for more open
communication between patients and
health care providers about CAM