What's New on WHR (December 2006)

The Doctor-Healer Network Newsletters                

In our migration to the upgraded IJHC site, the DHN Newsletters were put on a back burner. They are now available again at www.wholistichealingresearch.com/ articles/doctorhealernetworknewsletters.html            

The Doctor-Healer Network (UK) was born in 1988 in London, England, following a weekend seminar with pairs of doctors and healers who were working together . Each of the physican and healer participants had known some but not all of the others. The seminar was a great success, with everyone coming away enriched through learning from the experiences of colleagues who were exploring spiritual healing in parallel but often different ways.

The participants agreed to meet periodically to continue their mutual explorations in day-long seminars. Mornings were devoted to discussions among members who had already attended at least one meeting. We would share our explorations and experiences, challenges and questions - personal and professional - in the realms of spiritual healing. During the pot-luck lunches, new participants would join the group. Afternoons were devoted to an hour's presentation by one of the members, followed by small group discussions.

Most of the DHN physicians work with healers. A few have developed their own healing gifts. Healers have seen people in their own clinics on referral from the doctors; have sometiems been invited to work in rooms at the doctors' offices; and in some cases have seen patients simultaneously with the doctors. Some of the healers have been paid for their work by the National Health Service. (The IJHC January 2005 has an article by Angie Buxton-King about her work on a children's cancer unit in a UK hospital.)

Over the years, DHN groups were formed in other cities. Each developed its own format for meetings - some on weekday evenings once a month; others for half a day or a day on weekends. The London group remains the largest and strongest, and is the focal point for the organization.  
See: www.doctorhealer.net
Chairman: Michael Dibdin michael.dibdin@virgin.net

Newsletters were published 1991 - 1994, sharing some of the experiences and observations of the DHN participants. Copies of Newsletters will be made available as energies become available to format and upload the files to the WHR website.