When science meets medical tradition: What is needed for a dialogue on integrative medicine?

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-583

  Caspi, Opher ^a   Baranovitch, Ofer ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; NAUSEA; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67149101232     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0503     Document Type: Note

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