The story of naturopathic education in Australia

Evans, Sue

doi:10.1054/ctim.2000.0403

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“…Older naturopathic graduates may have stronger resistance to higher levels of science and biomedical training in university and degree courses, which they may view as degrading naturopathic principles [24], and many in leadership roles may consider themselves the protectors of ‘sacred’ naturopathic principles and philosophies, even though these views appear to be representative of ‘natural medicine’ rather than naturopathy [27]. …”

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Current challenges and future directions for naturopathic medicine in Australia: a qualitative examination of perceptions and experiences from grassroots practice

Wardle

Adams

Lui

et al. 2013

BMC Complement Altern Med

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BackgroundNaturopaths are an increasingly significant part of the healthcare sector in Australia, yet despite their significant role there has been little research on this practitioner group. Currently the naturopathic profession in Australia is undergoing a period of rapid professional growth and change. However, to date most research exploring the perceptions of naturopaths has been descriptive in nature and has focused on those in leadership positions rather than grassroots practitioners. This article explores the perceptions and experiences of practising naturopaths on the challenges and future directions of their profession.MethodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 naturopaths practising in the Darling Downs region of South-east Queensland, Australia to explore current perceived challenges in the naturopathic profession in Australia.ResultsParticipants perceived a number of internal and external challenges relating to the profession of naturopathic medicine. These included a public misconception of the role of naturopathic medicine; the co-option of naturopathic medicine by untrained or unqualified practitioners; the devaluation of naturopathic philosophy as a core component of naturopathic practice; a pressure to move towards an evidence-based medicine model focused on product prescription; the increasing commercial interest infiltrating complementary medicine, and; division and fragmentation within the naturopathic profession. Naturopaths generally perceived government regulation as a solution for many of these challenges, though this may be representative of deeper frustrations and disconnections between the views of grassroots naturopaths and those in professional leadership positions.ConclusionsGrassroots naturopaths identify a number of challenges that may have significant impacts on the quality, effectiveness and safety of naturopathic care. Given the significant role naturopaths play in healthcare in Australia the practice and policy implications of these challenges require further research attention.

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“…Existing studies on this topic have been primarily descriptive in nature, focusing on practitioner profiles and demographics [11,16], the practice environment [9,17-23], and education, training or regulatory developments [12,14,24-26]. …”

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Current challenges and future directions for naturopathic medicine in Australia: a qualitative examination of perceptions and experiences from grassroots practice

Wardle

Adams

Lui

et al. 2013

BMC Complement Altern Med

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“…This observation 2005, p. 442). The following individuals AANP have also served as AANP Presidents: Cathy Rogers (1988Rogers ( -1990; Konrad Kail (1990Kail ( -1991Jamison Starbuck (1992-1993Thomas Kruzel (1998Rick Brinkman (1998; Nancy Aagenes (2000Michael Traub (2002-2003; Nan Dunne (2004)(2005); Jane Guiltinan (2006)(2007); Lise Alschuler (2008Alschuler ( -2009andCarl Hangee Bauer (2010-2011). Thus over the time of its existence, the AANP has had seven male presidents and fi ve female presidents, thus indicating an effort to have females well represented in the position of top associational leadership in the American naturopathic medical profession.…”

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The status of women in naturopathy: A view from the United States and Australia

Baer

2013

Health Sociology Review

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Like other professionalized heterodox medical systems in Western societies, naturopathic practitioners and the leaders of naturopathic professional associations historically appear to have been predominantly males. Conversely, this situation appears to have started to change in the 1970s. Today the vast majority of naturopathic students and naturopathic practitioners in the United States and Australia, are women. While women have moved into positions of leadership in the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, various Australian naturopathic professional associations, and naturopathic training programs in both the US and Australia, the presence of men in positions of organizational and education leadership appears to exceed their diminished numbers as practitioners. Bearing these thoughts in mind, this essay explores why women have been drawn to naturopathy in great numbers and the political-economic and socio-cultural forces that still hinder their professional development as practitioners and professional leaders within the contexts of the American and Australian dominative medical systems.

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“…The historic development of Australian naturopathy can be divided into three periods: (1) its emergence between the 1920s and 1940s; (2) a holding pattern between the 1950s and early 1970s; and (3) its explosion from the late 1970s to the present time under the umbrella of the holistic health movement (Baer 2006(Baer : 1772(Baer -1776. Early naturopaths in Australia obtained their training either through apprenticeships, self-education, or overseas training (Evans 2000). The overlap between naturopathy, osteopathy and chiropractic was exemplified by the creation in 1936 of the Australian Chiropractors, Osteopaths and Naturopathic Physicians Association.…”

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The Australian Dominative Medical System: A Reflection of Social Relations in the Larger Society

Baer

2008

Australian J of Anthropology

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This paper posits a working or tentative model of medical pluralism, a pattern in which multiple medical sub-systems co-exist, or what I term the Australian dominative medical system. I argue that whereas the Australian medical system with its various medical sub-systems was pluralistic, that is more or less on an equal footing, in the nineteenth century, by the early twentieth century it became a plural or dominative one in the sense that biomedicine came to clearly dominate other medical sub-systems. This paper also explores the growing interest of biomedicine and the Australian Government in complementary medicine to which Australians have increasingly turned over the course of the past three decades or so.

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The story of naturopathic education in Australia

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Current challenges and future directions for naturopathic medicine in Australia: a qualitative examination of perceptions and experiences from grassroots practice

Current challenges and future directions for naturopathic medicine in Australia: a qualitative examination of perceptions and experiences from grassroots practice

The status of women in naturopathy: A view from the United States and Australia

The Australian Dominative Medical System: A Reflection of Social Relations in the Larger Society

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