What: The Gawler Foundation’s response to Victorian Government 2008/09 Budget
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Gawler Foundation has welcomed the Brumby Government’s pledge to invest $150 million to increase cancer survival rates in Victoria.
Karin Knoester, Gawler Foundation CEO, believes it is important to address the initial causes of cancer as well as provide increased support and assistance for those dealing with cancer.
“Just as with heart disease and diabetes, cancer is affected by diet, exercise, stress and a person’s state of mind,” Ms Knoester said.
“Equally, it is important to address these issues in an integrative way when people are experiencing cancer.”
“The Gawler Foundation’s integrated approach to cancer management consciously addresses the whole person; the body, emotions, mind and spirit,” she said.
The integrated approach is complementary to any mainstream medical treatment.
It is interested in how our body is affected by our environmental and our emotional and mental state.
It is concerned with matters of the heart and spirit, knowing that issues that affect our sense of purpose and meaning in life can affect our health dramatically.
“The scientific evidence suggests that the approach used by The Gawler Foundation will almost always improve quality of life,” said Dr Ian Gawler OAM, Gawler Foundation founder and therapeutic director.
“On average, the integrative approach will have a significant impact on cancer survival times as well as leading regularly to cases of full recovery from cancer,” he said.
FACTS:
- Dr Ian Gawler OAM founded Australia’s first active cancer self-help group in 1981
based on his personal experiences. From these beginnings The Gawler Foundation
has grown into a world renowned and successful organisation helping people to heal
themselves.
- The Gawler Foundation has helped more than 10,000 people through its unique cancer
self help program. Nearly 7000 people have attended residential programs for cancer,
MS, health & wellbeing
- The Gawler Foundation is a non-profit, non-denominational organisation, registered in Victoria since 1983.
- The foundation’s national headquarters is set on 15 hectares of forest, amidst the remarkable peace and tranquillity of the Yarra Valley.
Filed under: Press releases 2008 | Tagged: Dr Ian Gawler OAM, Gawler Foundation CEO Karin Knoester, integrated approach to cancer treatment, Seikan Cech, Surviving Cancer, The Gawler Foundation
