Building an evidence house: Challenges and solutions to research in complementary and alternative medicine

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-167

  Jonas, Wayne B ^a  

^a SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Epistemology; Research methods; Standards of research

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIOMEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 24944441828     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085412     Document Type: Review

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