Questions Asked in All Interviews
| What are the most common therapies you practice or prescribe? |
| What are the most common presenting problems in your practice? |
| Do you use CAM therapies exclusive of—or along with—conventional (allopathic) medicine? |
| To what extent do you think the client’s own beliefs help in healing? How do you use these beliefs? |
| How much attention do you give to family or social support networks of your client? |
| How do you use these networks in helping your client? |
| Would you like to work more closely with any other type of health practitioner? If so, what kind(s)? |
| Under what circumstances do you consult with or refer to other practitioners? |
| How is your practice similar to conventional (allopathic) medicine? |
| How is your practice different from conventional medicine? |
| What are the barriers you see existing between conventional and complementary medicine? |
| How do you think alternative and conventional practitioners can work together better? |
| What is your vision of the optimal health care system? |