Home > Alternative Medicine > The Role of Alternative Medicine For Patients Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Dec 15, 2008 by BBAuer, Views: 4382 Dr. Brent Bauer, a doctor at the Mayo Clinic, discusses the different alternative treatments that are available to patients, and what they should know. Some of the treatments used in the past have created problems, while others can be a helpfule addition to more traditional treatment.