Story: Alternative health therapies
Page 7 – External links and sources
More links and websites
A portrait of health
Results from the 2006/7 New Zealand Health Survey, including use of alternative health providers.
Ministerial Advisory Committee on Complementary and Alternative Health
The Ministerial Advisory Committee on Complementary and Alternative Health advises the Minister of Health about issues relating to alternative health therapies.
Natural Health New Zealand
Information about natural health products and therapies.
New Zealand Charter of Health Practitioners
A non-profit society that supports and represents natural health-care professionals.
New Zealand Medical Journal
The New Zealand Medical Association’s online journal has many articles on alternative health practices.
More suggestions and sources
Complementary and alternative health care in New Zealand: advice to the Minister of Health. Wellington: Ministerial Advisory Committee on Complementary and Alternative Health, 2004.
Dew, Kevin. Borderland practices: regulating alternative therapies in New Zealand. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2003.
‘From arsenic to zinc.’ Consumer 363 (September 1997): 24–27.
Leibrich, Julie, Janet Hickling, and George Pitt. In search of well-being: exploratory research into complementary therapies. Wellington: Health Services Research and Development Unit, Department of Health, 1987.
North, Nicola, Immigrant doctors practicing non-western medicine: a study of self-employed immigrant Chinese and Indian doctors practicing non-biomedical traditions of medicine. Palmerston North: New Settlers Programme, Massey University, 2008.
