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Integration of complementary and alternative medicine therapies (CAM) with conventional medicine is occurring in hospitals and physicians offices, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are covering CAM therapies, insurance coverage for CAM is increasing, and integrative medicine centers and clinic...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Alternative medicine > United States.
Research.
Medical policy.
Complementary Therapies
Research
Health Policy
Médecines parallèles > États-Unis.
Médecines parallèles.
Recherche.
Politique sanitaire.
research (function)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Alternative Therapies.
MEDICAL > Healing.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healing.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Healing > General.
Alternative medicine.
United States
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Prevalence, cost, and patterns of CAM use
  • Contemporary approaches to evidence of treatment effectiveness : a context for CAM research
  • Need for innovative designs in research on CAM and conventional medicine
  • State of emerging evidence on CAM
  • An ethical framework for CAM research, practice, and policy
  • Integration of CAM and conventional medicine
  • Educational programs in CAM
  • Dietary supplements
  • Conclusion.

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