Navreet Chawla is a practising pharmacist and expert in complementary medicine, with over 17 years' experience. In her eclectic career, she has been a stand-up comedian and performed in improvisation shows in London. She is a trained clown and has clowned for patients with dementia in nursing homes. Navreet also writes about the history and culture of medicine and well-being and is fascinated by the doctor-patient relationship and its impact on therapeutic outcome s. In her blog she explores the schism between scientific biomedicine and complementary medicine and the use of language in health and illness.