Medical Science has (1) ... good progress in the twenty-first century. A (2) ... for most of the great killer' diseases has been found, and almost every day a new drug appears on the market. But according to the survey (3) ... by the British Medical Association, less than 40% of people really trust their family doctor. People are (4) ... away from conventional medicine to look for alternative forms of treatment.

The main (5) ... for this is that conventional medicine has (6) ... to satisfy the needs of the majority of people, who are actually less healthy than their parents or grandparents.

Medical students are taught that diseases are (7) ... by viruses. Therefore treatment must (8) ... on attacking them. The mind and the emotions are not thought to play any part in the disease process. But people who practise "natural' medicine (9) ... with this principle, and try to treat the whole person. They believe that personality and lifestyle are important when considering a patient's general health.