Tonight, group spokesmen in New York again said that "there is no proof" that the people described in Chinese news media accounts were genuine Falun Gong practitioners.
However, lack of regulation means there are many fake remedies and false practitioners as genuine treatments.
I still listen to new age music at work, though, and was intrigued to know if a genuine, real life holistic practitioner had use for the music I'd used as a form of self-medication.
This approach can be seen as a prerequisite for the establishment of genuine communication, with the practitioner becoming a therapeutic educator [ 41].
A genuine two-way dialogue between practitioners and families about the aims of physiotherapeutic interventions, potential outcomes and patients' best interests is critical to providing a good service and establishing positive relationships and appropriate treatment.
The coveted title of a genuine "microfinance institution" from a "practitioner" may owe less to what the institution does than to its public-relations skills.
"This enables them to distinguish between fad and genuine innovation in the discipline as practitioners, intelligent consumers of research and promoters of the scientific method.
In a Mental Health Enlightenment based on genuine science, mental health researchers and practitioners would be uncorrupted by Big Pharma.
However, the funding model being largely fee for service for individual practitioners does not encourage genuine multidisciplinary team care.
But we still struggle to articulate and quantify the genuine value, joy and inspiration these specialist practitioners bring to people and society at large.
