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Complementary medicine: does it have a role in the medical care of elderly people?

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1997

E Ernst
E Ernst
Affiliation:
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
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Abstract

Complementary medicine (CM) can be defined as 'diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention which complements mainstream medicine by contributing to a common whole, by satisfying a demand not met by orthodoxy or by diversifying the conceptual frameworks of medicine'. It has become a hotly debated subject, mostly because many physicians remain sceptical about its usefulness while consumers vote for it with their feet and their purses.

Type
Review Article
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , November 1997 , pp. 353 - 358
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press 1997

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