Reducing the risk of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): Challenges and priorities

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 404-408

  White, Adrian ^a   Boon, Heather ^b   Alraek, Terje ^c   Lewith, George ^d   Liu, Jian Ping ^e   Norheim, Arne Johan ^c   Steinsbekk, Aslak ^f   Yamashita, Hitoshi ^g   Fønnebø, Vinjar ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g MORINOMIYA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adverse events; CAM, adverse effects; Complementary therapies; Epidemiological monitoring; Safety; Safety management

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CONSENSUS; HEALING; HEALTH BELIEF; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84908135439     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2013.09.006     Document Type: Review

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