"However well-intentioned our own doctor may be, the chances are high that he will know only what he is fed by the drug industry."

Dr. Vernon Coleman MB, ChB, DSc is a fully qualified medical doctor. He practiced as a family GP and hospital doctor for some ten years before retiring to write full time. He has written over 80 books (medical books, novels and other non-fiction) which are translated into 22 languages and sold around the world. Millions of people have used his telephone doctor advice lines.

Information:
Lectures, journals and medical meetings are frequently sponsored by drug companies. A doctor who attends a symposium organised and paid for by a drug company selling a particular anti-arthritis drug is not likely to come away with a balanced overview of treatments! Sadly, drug company advertisments are a major source of information for many doctors.

Can you really trust a doctor to give you honest, impartial advice about orthodox and alternative medicine?

Orthodox and alternative:
Remember: if there was a cure for cancer which the drug companies wanted to be kept secret your doctor would not know about it. And however good an alternative practitioner may be, some find it difficult to learn about new developments in orthodox medicine. Vernon Coleman began his training with an orthodox medicine degree but believes in a truly holistic approach to medicine - mixing orthodox and alternative treatments without fear or favour.