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Hippocrates' golden rule for healers was to 'first, do no harm'. 'Natural' doesn't always mean safe - after all, opium, belladonna and digitalis are all 'natural' poisons. We often hear about the d...angers of CAM therapies - but are they really so dangerous? What's being done to protect patients?
Hippocrates' golden rule for healers was to 'first, do no harm'. 'Natural' doesn't always mean safe - after all, opium, belladonna and digitalis are all 'natural' poisons. We often hear about the d...angers of CAM therapies - but are they really so dangerous? What's being done to protect patients?
| Series: | The Other Medicine |
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| First transmission date: | 2004-10-12 |
| Published: | 2004 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:27:58 |
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| Producer: | Rami Tzabar |
| Contributors: | Michael Baum; Helen Cook; Nancy Holroyd Downing; E (Edzard) Ernst; Peter Fisher; Anna Ford; George Georgiou; Peter Houghton; Hugh Macpherson; Simon Mills; Katja Schmidt; Guang Xu |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Alternative medicine |
| Production number: | AUDA724A |
| Available to public: | no |
