Abstract
The Non Conventional Medicines have a greater social impact and the demand for such treatments of more than 10 million Italian citizens (male and female) of all ages and social classes and of thousands of Italian families reveals an interest proving that there is a trend reversal, involving also other sectors of the medical and scientific world, which shifts the focus from the symptom to an idea of more general and comprehensive well-being of the person. Over the last few years the scientific debate on Non Conventional Medicines and their integration with the academic or dominant medicine in our western society has favored and legitimated an increase in the demand and has activated a cultural transformation process involving the life styles. The focus is therefore shifted to the self-healing capacities, to the reawakening of the individual potentialities, which support and amplify the benefits of the treatments and the citizens start pretending to be accurately informed in order to choose freely their own health program.
Highlights
The definition of Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), relative to statements of National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and WHO, points out that ‘unconventional’, the most common expression used in Italy, would seem to place these treatment methods in contrast with academic medicine, considered as conventional
The Non Conventional Medicines have a greater social impact and the demand for such treatments of more than 10 million Italian citizens of all ages and social classes and of thousands of Italian families reveals an interest proving that there is a trend reversal, involving other sectors of the medical and scientific world, which shifts the focus from the symptom to an idea of more general and comprehensive well-being of the person
The definition of CAM, relative to statements of NCCAM and WHO, points out that ‘unconventional’, the most common expression used in Italy, would seem to place these treatment methods in contrast with academic medicine, considered as conventional
Summary
Expert for Non Conventional Medicines, Italian National Council for Health, Ministry of Health, Rome. The Non Conventional Medicines have a greater social impact and the demand for such treatments of more than 10 million Italian citizens (male and female) of all ages and social classes and of thousands of Italian families reveals an interest proving that there is a trend reversal, involving other sectors of the medical and scientific world, which shifts the focus from the symptom to an idea of more general and comprehensive well-being of the person. The focus is shifted to the self-healing capacities, to the reawakening of the individual potentialities, which support and amplify the benefits of the treatments and the citizens start pretending to be accurately informed in order to choose freely their own health program
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