Alternative Medicine Topdog Advises Licensed Medical Doctors To Get Proper Training Before Using 'CAM' Therapies.

Advance Excerpts from an upcoming speech by Prof Joseph Chikelue Obi (the Distinguished RCAM Provost) to delegates of a Landmark International Medical Conference scheduled for the late Autumn of 2006 :


"Every single month of the year RCAM sadly receives an average of about 9 (nine) 'Late Stage Applications' from Embattled Medical Doctors (the world over) who were of the highly erroneous impression that their Statutory Medical License ,Conventional Medical Degree and Medico-Legal Defense Contributions comprehensively covered them when they professionally decided to 'Mix and Match' relatively incomprehensible 'Potpourris' of Conventional and Alternative Regimens together - understandably for the alleged Greater Clinical Good of their dearly beloved clients".


"For the avoidance of all public doubt , Royal College of Alternative Medicine (RCAM) would like to categorically state that to frequently escape either Criminal Prosecution or Regulatory Censureship as a direct result of such 'Therapeutic Mayhem' , all Registered Medical Doctors with an inclination towards Natural (Holistic) Therapies MUST embrace similar Professional Guidance to the following Modus Operandi " :


* "Registered Medical Doctors should professionally split (Totally Divorce !!!) their 'Mixed Practise' into one separate stream for Conventional (Orthodox) Medicine and another equally separate stream for Alternative (Unorthodox or Fringe) Medicine".


* "Registered Medical Doctors MUST NEVER EVER use the term Complementary Medicine in any Professional Aspect of their very own Orthodox Clinical Medical Practise".


* "Registered Medical Doctors MUST NEVER EVER use the term Integrated (or Integrative) Medicine in any Professional Aspect of their very own Orthodox Clinical Medical Practise".


*"Registered Medical Doctors MUST NEVER EVER represent themselves to anybody as being Registered Medical Practitioners when utilizing Alternative Medicine Interventions in any Professional Aspect of their very own Orthodox Clinical Practise : They can legally retain their 'Dr' titles while ethically referring to themselves as Qualified Wellness Consultants during that particular timeframe instead.

Please note that it is perfectly legal to have more than one Profession at once ( as RCAM is personally aware of someone who is a Legal Consultant ,a Doctor , a Businessman , a Media Personality and a Qualified Wellness Consultant - all in the very one litter )".


*" Registered Medical Doctors should not wait till they graduate from Conventional Medical Programmes before undergoing Training to become Qualified Wellness Consultants ( the New Global Job Title for Practitioners of Alternative Medicine ). They can even undergo Qualified Wellness Consultant Training long before enrolling into Conventional Medical Schools".


*" Registered Medical Doctors must not delay their Formal Certification as Qualified Wellness Consultants if ever they decide that they have an Ethical Flair for the specialty of Alternative Medicine. Any delays could turn out to be exceedingly costly indeed ".


*"Registered Medical Doctors should promptly resign from any Noble Professional Body with the terms 'Complementary' (or 'Integrated') Medicine BOLDLY appearing in it's Main Business Title (Name) - as membership of such organizations may not be in their best interest when appearing before a Statutory Regulatory Body in Conventional (or Orthodox) Medicine".


*"Any Registered Medical Doctor who dares stand before his (or her) Local Conventional (Orthodox) Medical Council ( or Medical Board ) to proudly confess to ongoing formal membership of a 'Complementary' (or 'Integrated') Medicine Organization must now be fully prepared for 'Regulatory Hell on Earth' - as the fundamentally unthinkable implication (from the point of view of the Utterly Infallible Conventional Medical Regulatory Body) is that he (or she) is knowingly acting in an utterly disreputable fashion.


So Registered Medical Doctors must be very careful exactly what they actually wish upon themselves when using the words 'Complementary' , 'Integrative' or 'Integrated' Medicine".


*"Registered Medical Doctors who are seriously interested in Natural Therapy , MUST seek Full Registration Status in a Professional Regulatory Body which has the simple term 'Alternative Medicine' BOLDLY appearing in it's Main Business Title / Name.


The Organization which they register with must also have 'Alternative Medicine' written all over it - irrespective of whether it's preamble encompasses Complementary Medicine or not - whatever 'Complementary Medicine' actually means !

At RCAM (Royal College of Alternative Medicine) we tend to think of Conventional (Orthodox) Clinical Medicine as actually being exceedingly 'Complementary' to Alternative Medicine : So it depends how you really want to look at it".


*"Interested Registered Medical Doctors MUST seek a Regulatory Body with Peculiar Professional Designations in 'Alternative Medicine' ; especially one which insists on separate Professional Liability Insurance (Indemnity) Cover for Alternative Medicine for all of it's Registered Members - irrespective of any other Insurance which they may possess for any other aspect of Conventional Medicine thereof".


… So how then (exactly) can the whole 'Professional Volcano' be ethically assuaged when a Licensed Medical Doctor is suddenly faced with a Major Integrated Crisis ? …


"From the highly neutral view of RCAM , the Bottom Line for all Registered Medical Doctors with a flair for Holistic Healing is as follows" :

- "If you are a Registered Medical Doctor who has carefully done all of the above , and is still being vituperatively summoned before a Conventional (Orthodox) Medical Regulatory Body for the HIGH CRIME of practising Alternative Medicine (or Witchcraft - whichever 'Offence' formidably suits their Fancy) then you must not waste any time contacting your Medical Defence Organization in the very first instance ( You can invoice them later and fervently pray that you get some sort of Polite Refusal to get involved - at best. At worst you may be kicked out of your Medical Defence Organization after being labelled High Risk or Dangerous !!! ) ".

- "You must be fully prepared to gallantly empty your Piggy Bank (Life Savings) and formidably fight for your Personal and Professional Life - (and that of your Family) for all that it's possibly worth"

- "So … As soon as you get the slightest olfactory whiff that you are under investigation you must urgently proceed (immediately!!!) to the High Courts of Justice to obtain an appropriate Injunction restraining the Conventional (Orthodox) Medical Regulatory Body from either querying ,investigating ,charging ,summoning or disciplining you in any matter whatsoever relating to your use of Alternative Medicine … (On the grounds of Absolute Lack of Competent Jurisdiction - as most Conventional Orthodox Medical Regulatory Bodies generally do not have Appropriate Jurisdiction when it comes to matters relating to the Conduct of those separately indemnified Qualified Wellness Consultants who are wise enough NOT to represent themselves as Registered Medical Practitioners during the whole 'Alternative Medicine' administration process)".


- "It may also be exceedingly wise for an embattled Registered Medical Doctor to speedily hire a 'Media Savvy' Expert Witness from your Alternative Medicine Professional Regulatory Body to consistently counter-attack any 'Headline Utterances' of the 'Paid Hand' which your Conventional Orthodox Medical Regulatory Body will most definitely use to attempt to put you to disrepute : Always remember to Fight Fire with an appropriate Fire Extinguisher".


-"As soon as you have obtained such an Injunction against your Conventional Medical Regulatory Body , then carry a copy of it to an Eager Publicity Consultant , and make sure that you continue to fight your corner in the Media (and on the Internet) for many years to come - as most Conventional Orthodox Medical Regulatory Bodies would have since leaked oodles and oodles of Confidentional Details about you to remarkably incompetent bunch of 'News Hungry' Tabloid Journalists - who will then attempt to make your life a misery , while fiendishly misreporting your every human move".


-"Finally, Never (ever) negotiate with either Conventional Orthodox Medical Regulatory Bodies or Tabloid Media Cabals. If need be , incessantly proceed to the Courts as many times as possible to protect your Fundamental Human Rights … Afterall , everyone has the Right to lawfully pursue an Ethical Healing Profession - even a 'Holistic Medical Luminary' like You !!!".



*Disclaimer : Always seek Professional Legal Advice at all times ; as Regulatory Laws do tend to vary from Country to Country. Please do not contact RCAM for the very first time just before you are about to be Struck Off the Conventional Medical Register - as we will not be able to help you if you have not followed the 'Common-Sense Guidance' above.