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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e
| Part 1. Introduction to Clinical Medicine > |
Chapter e2. Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine
Sections: Background, Definitions, Patterns of Use, Fields of Practice and Licensure, Regulation of Dietary Supplements, Safety, The Evidence Base for CAM, Information Sources, Summary, Further Readings.
Topics Discussed: alternative medicine; complementary and alternative therapies; integrative medicine.
Excerpt:"Medicine, once the domain of solitary generalists and their nurse assistants, now engages scores of specialists and allied professionals—radiation physicists, cytologists, nurse practitioners, psychiatric social workers, dental hygienists, and many more—who wield tools of unprecedented ability to extend life and sustain its quality. This evolution of the health care system has been achieved in part by a formidable enterprise of critical observation and formal investigation that disproves some accepted practices and stimulates the emergence of new approaches. One need only peruse the serial editions of this textbook to comprehend the scope of these changes...."
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