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Important New Australian Publications
Elsevier is proud to announce the publication of two new important books for integrative medicine professionals.
General Practice: The Integrative Approach
by Professor Kerryn Phelps & Dr Craig Hassed
A Guide to Evidence-based Integrative and
Complementary Medicine by Dr Vicki Kotsirilos, Associate Professor Luis Vitetta &
Professor Avni Sali For a detailed description, table of contents, to view sample chapters or to order please visit Elsevier website:
To view Phelps & Hassed click here
To view Kotsirilos, Vitetta & Sali click here
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The Australasian Integrative Medicine Association is an independent not for profit organisation supported by its membership and governed by a Board of voluntary doctors and academic leaders in the field of integrative medicine. AIMA supports and promotes the integration of evidence-based complementary medicine and therapies within current mainstream medical practice. AIMA is the peak medical body representing the doctors of integrative medicine.
Mission Statement
To act as the peak medical body promoting the practice of evidence-based integrative medicine, research and education as the gold standard for optimising wellbeing, prevention and management of disease in Australasian healthcare systems.
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International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health 2012 2011-12-05May 15-18, 2012 Portland, Oregon, USA Click HERE.
Supplements for life 2011-08-30Supplements for life Click HERE.
Zinc - the cold war ally 2011-08-30Click HERE.
Alternative medicine popular for arthritis 2011-08-30Click HERE.
When complementary is conflicting 2011-08-30Click HERE.
Caution prescribed for herbal medicine users 2011-08-30Click HERE.
Uproar on the road to healing 2011-07-19WHEN Kerryn Phelps stepped down as president of the Australian Medical Association in 2004, the general practitioner newspaper Australian Doctor, echoing a popular song of the day, suggested this phrase summed up her leadership of the doctors' union: "I came, I saw, I kicked some ass." For full arti...
GPs recognised in Queen’s Birthday honours 2011-06-15AUSTRALASIAN Integrative Medicine Association president Professor Kerryn Phelps and Medical Board of Australia president Dr Joanna Flynn are among a distinguished group of GPs to be named in the 2011 Queen’s Birthday honours list. For full article Click Media - Doctor seeks a better alternative
2011-06-03
Serious illness made Kerryn Phelps rethink her approach, writes Mark Metherell Click HERE. Australasian Integrative Medicine Association president Professor Kerryn Phelps on the controversial proposal to regulate and register complementary therapy practitioners...
Click Media - The changing realities of future healthcare - Kerryn Phelps
2011-06-03
Australia is well positioned to face the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities that confront our health system in the coming century. But we will only meet those challenges through insightful long-range planning and carefully targeted funding. Click 'Why GPs are using alternative therapies'
2010-11-03
'Why GPs are using alternative therapies' -- Once, doctors were your destination for pills and surgery only. Now, a growing number are turning to a more holistic approach. Professor Kerryn Phelps reports on this emerging trend in the Australian Womens Weekly November 2010 issue.
Prof Kerryn Phelps on Vitamins on Ch 7 Sunrise --- Australia's vitamin industry is worth around a billion dollars a year. That's not surprising when you consider 80% of us take vitamins or supplements regularly. But could vitamins be doing us more harm than good? And how do you know which ones ... Professor Kerryn Phelps on ABC News. The World Today discusses the possible savings to be made by the use of appropriate evidence based complementary therapies. Click HERE Media release addressing importance of long consultations in General Practice.
Click HERE Professor Phelps on diet and supplementation for Autism
Click HERE Professor Kerryn Phelps
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