Naturopathic medicine continues to be an emerging answer to Canada’s health-care concerns

Including naturopathic doctors in publicly funded primary health-care settings could be an achievable strategy to fill gaps in staffing and advance the movement toward individualized holistic care. But, to accomplish this, there must be collaboration with governments to improve access to and coverage of the services NDs provide.
With the increased strain on our health-care systems, the inclusion of naturopathic doctors in publicly funded multi-disciplinary primary health-care settings could be an achievable strategy to fill gaps in health human resources and advance the movement toward individualized holistic care, writes Shawn O'Reilly.

Today, more people than ever before are seeking and benefiting from naturopathic medical care and the number of naturopathic doctors (NDs) is growing at record rates to accommodate this increased demand. There are more than 3,000 NDs in Canada from coast to coast to coa...

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