First European Parliament Conference on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, CAM.
The first ever conference at the European institutions on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, CAM, took place on Tuesday October 9th in the European Parliament. It was accompanied by a three day exhibition that had demonstrations of reflexology and shiatsu where visitors to the exhibition could sample those modalities. Stands and posters illustrating several CAM modalities, providing publications, and information on access and of the uses of the modalities were also displayed.
Below are the presentation files presented during the conference. Press shift and click on file to open in a new window
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
| Simona Dragan |
Complementary and Alternative Medicine and chronic disease management
| Prof. Dr. Erik W. Baars |
Innovative use of CAM in health care and public health systems
| Associate Professor Torkel Falkenberg |
Complementary and Alternative Medicine for innovative partnerships
| Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dominik Irnich |
Patients’ motivations for and use of CAM
| Prof. Helle Johannessen |
Costs and cost-effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
| Claudia M. Witt |
Evidence-base and effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
| Prof. Dr. Gustav Dobos |
Introduction to CAM: An Innovative Healthcare Practice
| Prof. Andrew Long |
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| EPHA Press Release |
| Conference program |
| CAM Conf. Summary report |
| Call for action |