MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
 Why
become a member? BHMA membership is open to everyone
who supports a holistic approach to healthcare. Our aim is to
promote holistic practice and to revitalise mainstream medicine.
As part of an association of like-minded people we believe that
members of the BHMA can both support one another and at the same
time inform and influence the delivery of healthcare.
To achieve change in the healthcare system we need the support
of those who work within it, those who work alongside it, and
those who experience it. The BHMA, therefore, seeks to have a
wide and inclusive constituency and aims to have relevance for
all healthcare professionals, complementary and alternative medicine
(CAM) practitioners and those who are the main beneficiaries of
a holistic healthcare system-patients themselves. The BHMA provides
a forum for these constituents to share information and discuss
issues; it is committed to providing opportunities for people
to learn more about holistic practice; and it provides a collective
voice for all those seeking to change the way in which healthcare
is delivered.
How can healthcare professionals help to change things?
Physician heal thyself: the resilient, energised and positive
practitioner is more likely to provide a firm foundation for a
vibrant and effective healthcare system than is the practitioner
who has neglected their own wellbeing.
For people with unexplained or complex or long-term conditions
or with life-limiting illness, taking time to see beyond the symptoms
or the disease to the whole person, and being better informed
about potentially helpful complementary strategies, may result
in patients who cope better, are less dependent o-n doctors, and
who begin to take o-n more responsibility for their own condition.
Why should healthcare professionals join the BHMA?
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For
healthcare professionals, the BHMA provides a practitioner perspective
on whole person care through member networks, its quarterly journal
and regular education workshops. It provides a voice for the doctors
and nurses practising in the mainstream who have first hand experience
of the benefits of a holistic approach, both in respect of themselves
and their patients. The BHMA encourages and supports healthcare
students to become members and to get involved early in their
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How can CAM practitioners help to change things?
CAM practitioners can establish effective links with healthcare
professionals, creating mutual respect and understanding. They
can grow the evidence base for the effectiveness of CAM therapies
and share information about good practice.
Why should CAM practitioners join the BHMA?
For CAM practitioners, belonging to the BHMA is an opportunity
to share ideas and information about their practice and to engage
with healthcare professionals in order to create a voice for a
more holistic healthcare system in which complementary strategies
are better understood and available to all.
How can patients (all of us) help to change things?
We can all take individual responsibility for health and wellbeing,
by being well informed and seeking to be an active partner in
our own healthcare.
Why should patients (all of us) join the BHMA?
For patients or lay people, being part of the BHMA is an opportunity
to add their voice, through their knowledge and experience, to
the call for a more holistic healthcare system.
Member Benefits
What we offer our members
- The opportunity to take part in debate and learning through
seminars, courses and conferences.
- The Journal of Holistic Healthcare, produced on a quarterly
basis the Journal seeks to inject inspiration into the system.
- Networking opportunities and retreats.
- The opportunity to form alliances that promote holistic practice.
- Input to shaping holistic policies for education, practice and
research.
- Products, including the BHMA website and self help materials.
Make a Contribution
How can our members help the BHMA succeed?
- Write papers for The Journal of Holistic Healthcare.
- Create local groups.
- Support BHMA campaigns for holism in healthcare.
- Spread the word about the BHMA.
- Use the BHMA to exchange knowledge and skills.
Membership Costs
 JOIN the BHMA online- click here
To download the membership application form please click here
Standard: £48 Concessionary: £20* Student: £10**
Corporate: £110 (2 copies of the quarterly journal per issue)
Corporate: £130 (4 copies of the quarterly journal per issue)
Overseas supplement to cover p&p: £20
Please note that student and concessionary rate members will not
receive copies of the quarterly Journal. They will, however, be
able to access copies online in the members’ area of the
BHMA website.
* concessionary rate for senior citizens.
** student members will be required to provide documentation that
they are registered as a full time student.
Refund
policy
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