Communication between general practitioners and alternative practitioners

Abstract: Communication between general practitioners and alternative practitioners helps to prevent misunderstanding between the two and, therefore, improves the help given to the patient. Communication might be fruitful if the alternative practitioner is either a doctor or a physiotherapist practising acupuncture, homoeopathy or manipulative therapy, and if the GP is willing to accept the value of these therapies. An experimental project is described in which some 80 GPs and alternative practitioners in the Netherlands participate in order to improve their communication.

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