Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is attracting considerable attention within the context of mainstream healthcare provision in Britain. It has a one-year prevalence of around 20% (Ernst, 2000), with 74% of the British public supporting its availability on theNHS (Vincent and Furnham, 1996). The House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology estimated there to be 15 millio...

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