Harald Camillo Gaier (1938 - present) is an Austrian-born British (non-GMC) doctor, osteopath, homeopath, naturopath, master herbalist, acupuncturist and author of the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Homoeopathy (a reference work for medical schools)[1], former president of the British Naturopathic Association [2] and founder of the General Naturopathic Council, which has since become the de facto regulatory body for the UK's naturopathic medical profession, under the aegis of the UK Government's Department of Health and is a constituent member of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC).
He came to the United Kingdom from Vienna, Austria in 1987 after having been invited by The Royal Society of Medicine (of which he is now a member) to contribute to their ‘Colloquia on Medicine and Complimentary Therapies’ that were held at 1 Wimpole Street, London between April 1984 and January 1987. There he delivered a paper entitled ‘Statutory Recognition of So-called Associated Health Service Professions: An Anomaly in Medical Politics’[3]. This constituted the first serious impetus in the U.K. toward the gradual official regulation of non-orthodox medicine.
He is a strong proponent of naturopathic medicine, and his professional interests lie in the paradigm of natural therapeutics, as well as special interest in the economics of healthcare. [4] Most recently, in June 2002, he published original research relating to gastric acid production, pancreatic exocrine function and intestinal dysbiosis [5]. He has served on the Research Committee of the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health and was medical research director at The Hale Clinic and The Diagnostic Clinic in London.[6]. Other recent published works include three articles concerning the two strains of thought - empirical medicine and rationalist medicine - that have run through medical thought for the last three thousand years.
He is also on the editorial board of Proof! and What Doctors Don't Tell You, which examine the validity of claims by natural medicine for the more discerning lay readership. He is also currently on the editorial advisory panel of the Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine - Research on Paradigm, Practice and Policy, one of the world's premier journals, included in Index Medicus and MEDLINE.
Registrations
Dr. Gaier is fully registered in the UK in all the major alternative medical disciplines:
- Registered Osteopath: 1\1481\F - General Osteopathic Council
- Registered Homœopath: No. 326 - Homœopathic Medical Association
- Registered Acupuncturist: No. 04899 - Brit Medical Acupuncture Soc
- Registered Naturopath: MRN - Gen Council & Register of Naturopaths
- Registered Medical Herbalist: Member - Assoc of Master Herbalists
- Registered HNO: A2401 - Allied Health Professions’ Council, R S A
- Registered Ultrasonologist: 6258 - Brit Medical Ultrasound Society
- Registered SIA: No. 82106 – Société Internationale d’Acupuncture
- Fellow: Royal Society for the Promotion of Health - No. 66124
- Fellow: The Homœopathic Medical Association of South Africa
- Executive Council Member: The European Federation for Naturopathy
- Referrals from NHS: Registered Independent CAM Provider No. 8AG45
References
- ^ "Thorsons Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Homoeopathy: The Definitive Reference to All Aspects of Homoeopathy (Hardcover)". amazon.ca. http://www.amazon.ca/Thorsons-Encyclopaedic-Dictionary-Homoeopathy-Definitive/dp/0722518234/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217865519&sr=1-1.
- ^ (PDF) The General Council and Register of Naturopaths. http://www.naturopathy.org.uk/files/register.pdf.
- ^ Sir James Watt, editor, Talking Health: Conventional and Complimentary Approaches, London: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1988, pp 107-112
- ^ Journal of Osteopathic Education: Sept, 1993 [3(3): 142-150].
- ^ (ISSN 1359-0847), vol 12(2): pp 107-112. Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine.
- ^ Heather Browne (7 July 2003). How are you really?. The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/how-are-you-really-586053.html.
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