RESEARCH ON PROPOSED TV PROGRAMME ON ALERNATIVE MEDICINE IN IRELAND

Research work done on the programme Alternative Medicine

For thousands of years, what we now think of as Complementary and Alternative was the only available means of treating people. Nearly all human cultures have used some form of it in the past and many are embracing it again.

People we need to talk to

1 .Practitioners:  there are so many divisions of it in Ireland so we should not have much problem getting interviews.

Various sections of alternative medicine in Ireland include but not limited to the following

·  ACUPUNCTURE & ACUPRESSURE

·  ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

·  ANGELS & TAROT

·  ANIMAL HEALING

·  AROMATHERAPY

·  CHINESE MEDICINE - TCM

·  CHIROPRACTIC & OSTEOPATHY

·  ENERGY, COLOUR, CRYSTAL & LIGHT

·  ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

·  FITNESS & SPORT

·  FOOD NUTRITION

·  HEALTH & BEAUTY

·  HEALTH STORES

·  HERBAL MEDICINE & NATUROPATHY

·  HOLISTIC HEALTH & AYURVEDA

·  HOMEOPATHY

·  HYPNOTHERAPY

·  KINESIOLOGY

·  LIFE COACHING

·  MACROBIOTICS

·  MASSAGE

·  MEDITATION

·  MENTAL HEALTH & COUNSELLING

·  REFLEXOLOGY

·  REIKI

·  SPIRITUAL HEALTH

·  WOMENS HEALTH

·  YOGA

2 We will also speak with people who have used alternative medicines before

3 We will also interview GPs who will give us insight into what conventional medicine practitioners think of alternative medicine

Some draw backs

1. Little draw back will be getting someone who have used their services before.

2. It is a vast area we may need to focus on one area or go general if we so choose