Zimmermann Peter Josef, Aarva Pauliina, Sorsa Minna
Plusterveys Nastola Medical Center, Nastola, Finland.
Complement Med Res. 2017;24(5):317-320. doi: 10.1159/000480675. Epub 2017 Sep 22.
The official acceptance of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) or integrative medicine in the academic discussion and in health policies in Finland is still poor. This is in contradiction to the fact that modern Finnish citizens use CAM as much as any people elsewhere in the European Union, with rates of 28-46% of the general population, or even more. This was one of the reasons for the foundation of the Finnish Forum for Research in Integrative Medicine and Healthcare (SILF) in November 2014. A first challenge for the SILF was to facilitate a research seminar to address the issue of CAM research as a part of the Finnish academic research. The seminar was organized by the Department of Health Sciences of the University of Tampere on November 13, 2015. Almost one third of the more than 400 participants were health professionals, and again one-third out of this group were physicians. As a result of the seminar, a research network was inaugurated. Obviously there is an increasing interest of health professionals in CAM and maybe even a change of attitude towards CAM also in Finland. However, genuine Finnish CAM research is essential in order to open up the academic discussion.
在芬兰，补充和替代医学（CAM）或整合医学在学术讨论和卫生政策中仍未得到官方认可。这与现代芬兰公民与欧盟其他地区的人们一样频繁使用补充和替代医学的事实相矛盾，芬兰普通人群的使用率为28%-46%，甚至更高。这是2014年11月芬兰整合医学与医疗保健研究论坛（SILF）成立的原因之一。SILF面临的首要挑战是举办一次研究研讨会，以探讨补充和替代医学研究作为芬兰学术研究一部分的问题。该研讨会由坦佩雷大学健康科学系于2015年11月13日组织。400多名与会者中，近三分之一是卫生专业人员，而在这一群体中，又有三分之一是医生。研讨会促成了一个研究网络的成立。显然，芬兰卫生专业人员对补充和替代医学的兴趣日益浓厚，甚至可能对补充和替代医学的态度也有所转变。然而，开展真正的芬兰补充和替代医学研究对于开启学术讨论至关重要。
