Which research is needed to support clinical decision-making on integrative medicine? - Can comparative effectiveness research close the gap?

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 723-729

  Witt, Claudia M ^a,b   Huang, Wen Jing ^a,c   Lao, Lixing ^b   Berman, B M ^b,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d Institute for Integrative Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chinese medicine; Comparative effectiveness research; Decision making; Integrative medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSUMER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867319624     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-012-1255-z     Document Type: Article

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