August 2000 • Volume 6 • Number 8
Adding it all up
A 1995 survey* of family physicians' attitudes about complementary/alternative therapies found that:
Stay tuned -- The September FP Report will take a look at how some family physicians are integrating complementary/ alternative medicine into everyday practice.
- Over 90 percent considered counseling or psychotherapy, biofeedback, diet and exercise training, and behavioral medicine to be legitimate medical practices.
- Over 50 percent considered hypnotherapy, massage therapy and acupuncture to be legitimate medical practices.
- Well over 50 percent referred patients to nonphysician providers for diet and exercise training, counseling or psychotherapy, biofeedback and chiropractic services.
* "Physicians' Attitudes Toward Complementary or Alternative Medicine: A Regional Survey" by B.M. Berman, et al.; Journal of the American Board of Family Practice; September-October 1995.
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