Legal status and regulation of complementary and alternative medicine in Europe

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL 2, 2012, Pages 29-36

  Wiesener, Solveig ^a   Falkenberg, Torkel ^b,c   Hegyi, Gabriella ^d   Hök, Johanna ^b,c   Roberti di Sarsina, Paolo ^e   Fønnebø, Vinjar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c IC The Integrative Care Science Center   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e Environment Directorate   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Europe; European Union; Government regulation; Legislation; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVICE APPROVAL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVICE APPROVAL; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84879397555     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343125     Document Type: Article

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