Integrating complementary and alternative medicine into conventional health care system in developing countries: An example of Amchi

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-79

  Mishra, Shiva Raj ^a,c   Neupane, Dinesh ^b,c   Kallestrup, Per ^b  

^a Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Nepal Development Society ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Amchi; Developing countries; Health promotion; Nepal; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NEPAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEPAL;

EID: 84918594143     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587214547575     Document Type: Article

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