Kerryn Phelps

Sydney Integrative Medicine

Introduction: As traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines (TCAM) continue to find their way into mainstream medical practice, questions arise about the future of integrative medicine (IM). Concern has been voiced that the biomedical profession will dominate IM and many of the core principles and philosophies governing the practice of...

Background: In May 2006, a multidisciplinary community-based integrative medicine (IM) clinic was established in Sydney, Australia. It was designed to offer a wide range of IM services, for primary care and to serve as a referral center. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine which factors were successful and which ones posed challeng...

This pilot study sought to identify motivators and barriers to participating in a longitudinal survey; we interviewed patients and practitioners at a multidisciplinary primary care clinic where the proposed project would be based. While altruism motivates participation in medical research, we found that for many potential participants, the opportun...

Rationale A multidisciplinary primary care clinic in Sydney, Australia, was planning to use electronic questionnaires to measure patient-reported outcomes. Methods Semi-structured interviews with 20 patients were undertaken to explore, among other things, practical issues regarding different questionnaire formats. The response rates and costs of em...

Editor—With reference to the news item by Burton,1 the Australian Medical Association has no objection to the prescribing of cheaper equivalent generic drugs, provided that they are indeed equivalent in content and mode of delivery and that patients are not likely to have any adverse consequences. Patients should also fully understand and agree to...