Traditional, complementary and alternative medical systems and their contribution to personalisation, prediction and prevention in medicine-person-centred medicine

EPMA Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Roberti di Sarsina, Paolo ^a,b,c   Alivia, Mauro ^b,d   Guadagni, Paola ^b,d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^b Charity Association for Person Centred Medicine   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d Italian Society of Anthroposophical Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Complementary and alternative medicine; Health care education; Health care reform; Person centred medicine; Personalised medicine; Prediction; Prevention; Salutogenesis; Therapeutic relationship; Traditional

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIOMEDICINE; EMPATHY; EPISTEMOLOGY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; PERSON CENTERED MEDICINE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; TIBETAN MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN RELATION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; SOCIAL BELIEF; WELLBEING;

EID: 84879292046     PISSN: 18785077     EISSN: 18785085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1878-5085-3-15     Document Type: Review

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