British Association of Holistic Health

Material relating to the setting up of the Association, 1984, further organisational developments, relations with other organisations, publications.

1983-1987

2 boxes

Given to the library at Wellcome Collection by David F Mayor, August 2007

Following the launch of the British Holistic Medical Association in September 1983, which restricted membership to doctors, a number of health care practitioners from other disciplines, including nursing, social work and physiotherapy as well as other forms of alternative practice such as osteopathy, acupuncture and homeopathy, interested in and seeking to work with a more holistic approach, proposed to set up an association representing these groups, to work in partnership with the BHMA. A Working Party of health care practitioners organised a founding conference in November 1984, at which the British Holistic Health Association was established.

An additional accrual of papers from founder member Roger Beeching was acquired by the library in September 2017. These papers (accession 2368) are currently uncatalogued.

These papers were accumulated by David F Mayor, one of the founders of the British Association of Holistic Health