TY - JOUR T1 - James Parkinson: a man for our times JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 545 LP - 545 VL - 56 IS - 528 AU - Mike Fitzpatrick Y1 - 2006/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/56/528/545.abstract N2 - Defenders of Prince Charles' continuing campaign for the integration of complementary therapies within the NHS have criticised prominent specialists, who declared their opposition to this campaign, on the grounds that they did not include any GP or other representative of primary care.1 These specialists have been condemned as ‘old-fashioned’ because they do not believe that patients' interests would be served by doctors retreating to modes of treatment, most of which were superseded by modern medical practice more than a century ago. It is bizarre that what is now considered progressive in medicine is a willingness to pursue the hobbyhorses of the heir to the throne and his endorsement of techniques such as homeopathy, the most efficient way yet discovered of turning water into money, as described memorably by Tony Copperfield in … ER -