An approach for integrating complementary– alternative medicine into primary care
Author(s) -
Moshe Frenkel,
Jeffrey Borkan
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
family practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1460-2229
pISSN - 0263-2136
DOI - 10.1093/fampra/cmg315
Subject(s) - medicine , modalities , context (archaeology) , primary care , alternative medicine , family medicine , health care , medline , nursing , medical education , paleontology , social science , pathology , sociology , political science , law , economics , biology , economic growth
Despite family practitioners frequently being requested to assist their patients with advice on or referrals to complementary-alternative medicine (CAM), there is an absence both of evidence about the efficacy of nearly all specific treatments or modalities and of guidelines to assist with the integration of conventional and CAM therapies.
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