In 2008, when Karadzic was captured having lived under a new identity as an alternative healer, many commentators assumed Mladic's arrest would follow within days.

His son, Dr. Baldur Ebertin, is "a psychologist, philosopher, esoteric, alternative healer, reincarnation-therapist, psychoanalyst, astrologer, and author".

Students can attend seminars with alternative healers to develop sensitivity to cultural beliefs of various populations, and patients who ask for healers or traditional therapies are supported, he said.

Andreas Moritz is a controversial "alternative healer" sometimes referred to as a "litigious quack".

That's true whether you "cheat" with a traditional doctor or an alternative healer.

EATING yogurt has long been popular among alternative healers as a remedy for vaginal yeast infections.

Being a Patient Later articles in this series will look at difficult doctors, patients who turn to alternative healers and immigrants' experiences as patients.

In 2009 the case concluded with a guilty verdict against the two alternative healers, but acquittal for Jomanda.

Here were columns of advertisements for psychic services and alternative healers and business opportunities at home.

Being a Patient Later articles in this series will look at the way money is easing some patients' experience, at difficult doctors and at patients who turn to alternative healers.