Towards a pan-European definition of complementary and alternative medicine - A realistic ambition?

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL 2, 2012, Pages 6-8

  Falkenberg, Torkel ^a,b   Lewith, George ^c   Roberti di Sarsina, Paolo ^d,e   Von Ammon, Klaus ^f   Santos Rey, Koldo ^g   Hök, Johanna ^a,b   Frei Erb, Martin ^f   Vas, Jorge ^g   Saller, Reinhard ^h   Uehleke, Bernhard ^h,i,j  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b IC The Integrative Care Science Center   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Environment Directorate   (Italy)

^e Committee for CAM in Italy ^*  (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g Pain Treatment Unit   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^j University of Applied Science in Health and Sports   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Alternative medicine; CAMbrella; Complementary medicine; Consensus oriented decision making; Health care reform; Integrative medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; ARTICLE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84876182696     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343812     Document Type: Article

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