Complementary medicine: Evidence base, competence to practice and regulation

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-240

  Lewith, George T ^a,g   Breen, Alan ^b   Filshie, Jacqueline ^c   Fisher, Peter ^h   McIntyre, Michael ^d   Mathie, Robert T ^e   Peters, David ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d Europ Herbal Practitioners Assoc   (United Kingdom)

^e Faculty of Homeopathy   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Chiropractic; Complementary medicine; Herbal medicine; Homeopathy; Osteopathy; Regulation; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038110863     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-3-235     Document Type: Review

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