Sharing the spirit of the policy agenda? Private complementary therapists’ attitudes towards practising in the British NHS

During recent years, complementary medicine (CM) has grown as a significant provider of health care in the UK, the majority of this provision being allocated through the small private business sector to privately paying clients. Given the substantial demand for CM, the government acknowledges its structural integration with orthodox medicine (OM) to be a logical progression. However, although the time frame, evidence bases and regulatory …