In 1993, the British Medical Association (BMA), one among many professional organizations who have attempted to define alternative medicine, stated that it referred to "...those forms of treatment which are not widely used by the conventional healthcare professions, and the skills of which are not taught as part of the undergraduate curriculum of conventional medical and paramedical healthcare courses".
I 1993 fastslog British Medical Association (BMA), en af mange professionelle organisationer der har prøvet at definere alternativ medicin, at den vedrører "...de former for behandlinger der ikke almindeligvis bruges af det konventionelle sundhedssystem, og de evner der ikke læres som en del af en læseplan på konventionelle lægestudier eller paramedicinkurser".