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Integration into healthcare

Edited by Claudia Witt.

This section covers research related to the health professionals’ attitudes, the economic evaluation and the integration of complementary and alternative therapies into the healthcare services, as well as issues related to medical education and regulation in relation to complementary and alternative medicine.

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  1. Over the past few decades, the popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has grown considerably and along with it, scrutiny regarding its evidence base. While this is to be expected, and is in...

    Authors: Yasamin Veziari, Saravana Kumar and Matthew Leach

    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2021 21:201

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  2. This descriptive study provides the first examination of global naturopathic education, regulation and practice frameworks that have potential to constrain or assist professional formation and integration in g...

    Authors: J. M. Dunn, A. E. Steel, J. Adams, I. Lloyd, N. De Groot, T. Hausser and J. Wardle

    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2021 21:67

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  3. An external herbal dispensary (EHD) is a type of pharmacy that provides various types of personalized herbal medicines (PHMs) to other traditional Korean medicine (TKM) institutions. Such dispensaries were leg...

    Authors: Soo-Hyun Sung, Ji-Eun Han, Ji-Yeon Ryu, Angela Dong-Min Sung, Jung-Youn Park, In-Hyuk Ha, Kyeong Han Kim, Jang-Kyung Park and Byung-Cheul Shin

    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2020 20:354

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  4. Integrative medicine (IM), which is the integration of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into conventional health services, has been applied in some nations. Despite its highly relevant holistic app...

    Authors: Andrian Liem

    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2020 20:223

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  5. Difference of perspective between patients and physicians over integrative medicine (IM) research and service provision remains unclear despite significant use worldwide. We observed an exceptionally low utili...

    Authors: Kam Wa Chan, Pak Wing Lee, Crystal Pui Sha Leung, Gary Chi Wang Chan, Wai Han Yiu, Hoi Man Cheung, Bin Li, Sarah Wing Yan Lok, Hongyu Li, Rui Xue, Loretta Yuk Yee Chan, Joseph Chi Kam Leung, Tai Pong Lam, Kar Neng Lai and Sydney Chi Wai Tang

    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2020 20:205

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  6. Many German general practitioners (GPs) use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in their daily work although most CAM procedures are controversial from an academic point of view.

    Authors: Agnes Ostermaier, Niklas Barth and Klaus Linde

    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2020 20:111

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  7. Despite the large number of trials conducted using herbal oral care products for the reduction of dental plaque or gingivitis, results are conflicting and inconclusive.

    Authors: Chandrashekar Janakiram, Ramanarayanan Venkitachalam, Paul Fontelo, Timothy J. Iafolla and Bruce A. Dye

    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2020 20:43

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  8. The use of herbal medicine is on the rise worldwide, and safety issues associated with herbal medicines may have an exacerbated impact in elderly because this population has an increased susceptibility and sen...

    Authors: Carolina Miranda de Sousa Lima, Mayara Amoras Teles Fujishima, Bruno de Paula Lima, Patrícia Carvalho Mastroianni, Francisco Fábio Oliveira de Sousa and Jocivânia Oliveira da Silva

    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2020 20:17

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  9. Lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, and arsenic intoxication have been associated with the use of health supplement (HS) products. The aim of this study is to estimate the concentration of heavy metals in HS pro...

    Authors: Naseem Mohammed Abdulla, Balazs Adam, Iain Blair and Abderrahim Oulhaj

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:276

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  10. Mind-body practices are frequently used by people living with HIV to reduce symptoms and improve wellbeing. These include Tai Chi, Qigong, yoga, meditation, and all types of relaxation. Although there is subst...

    Authors: Maria Pilar Ramirez-Garcia, Marie-Pier Gagnon, Sébastien Colson, José Côté, Jorge Flores-Aranda and Myriam Dupont

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:125

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  11. Involvement of traditional health practitioners (THPs) in the form of collaboration with the formal health care system is suggested to improve the pathways to mental health care in Kenya, yet understanding of ...

    Authors: Christine W. Musyimi, Victoria N. Mutiso, Lianne Loeffen, Anja Krumeich and David M. Ndetei

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:334

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  12. Few studies have investigated patient and provider expectations of chiropractic care, particularly in multidisciplinary settings. This qualitative study explored stakeholder expectations of adding a chiropract...

    Authors: Zacariah K. Shannon, Stacie A. Salsbury, Donna Gosselin and Robert D. Vining

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:316

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  13. Neonatal jaundice affects at least 481,000 newborns every year. Phototherapy is recommended but it’s effects are limited and adverse reactions can occur. In China, phototherapy combined with Yinzhihuang oral l...

    Authors: Ruo-han Wu, Shuo Feng, Mei Han, Patrina Caldwell, Shi-gang Liu, Jing Zhang and Jian-ping Liu

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:228

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  14. Although integrative medicine is gaining increasing attention and is claiming more and more its place in modern health care, it still plays a marginal role in conventional maternity care. The present study aim...

    Authors: Nikolas Schürger, Evelyn Klein, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Marion Kiechle and Daniela Paepke

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:187

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  15. Patients are free to choose conventional or Korean medicine treatment under the dual medical system in Korea, and the prevalence of patients who choose Korean medicine treatment for whiplash-associated disorde...

    Authors: Nohyeon Kim, Byung-Cheul Shin, Joon-Shik Shin, Jinho Lee, Yoon Jae Lee, Me-riong Kim, Eui-Hyoung Hwang, Chan Yung Jung, Diana Ruan and In-Hyuk Ha

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:124

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  16. Plants used for traditional medicine produce diverse and complex secondary metabolites exhibiting various medicinal properties. The medicinal plant Haplophyllum tuberculatum is used by native people against malar...

    Authors: Assia Hamdi, Joanne Bero, Claire Beaufay, Guido Flamini, Zohra Marzouk, Yvan Vander Heyden and Joelle Quetin-Leclercq

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:60

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  17. Many complementary therapies offer benefits for patients with cancer. Others may be risky for patients due to negative interactions with conventional treatment and adverse effects. Therefore, cancer patients n...

    Authors: Trine Stub, Sara A. Quandt, Thomas A. Arcury, Joanne C. Sandberg and Agnete E. Kristoffersen

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:44

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  18. Many European citizens are seeking complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). These treatments are regulated very differently in the EU/EFTA countries. This may demonstrate differences in how risk associate...

    Authors: Solveig Wiesener, Anita Salamonsen and Vinjar Fønnebø

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:11

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  19. Integrative health care (IHC) is an innovative approach to health care delivery. There is increasing focus on and demand for the evaluation of IHC practices. To ensure such evaluations capture their full scope...

    Authors: Ania Kania-Richmond and Amy Metcalfe

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:548

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  20. To assess chiropractic (DC) and naturopathic doctors’ (ND) knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour with respect to the pediatric patients in their practice.

    Authors: Antony Porcino, Leslie Solomonian, Stephen Zylich, Brian Gluvic, Chantal Doucet and Sunita Vohra

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:512

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  21. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for Chinese medicine (CM) are being developed to assist doctors with appropriate decisions concerning CM care. To date, there has been little investigation on the perspectiv...

    Authors: Mengyu Liu, Chi Zhang, Qinglin Zha, Wei Yang, Ya Yuwen, Linda Zhong, Zhaoxiang Bian, Xuejie Han and Aiping Lu

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:451

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  22. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) utilization is dramatically increasing among patients. As community pharmacies are a major provider of CAM products, community pharmacists need to have the sufficie...

    Authors: Naser Y. Shraim, Ramzi Shawahna, Muna A. Sorady, Banan M. Aiesh, Ghadeer Sh. Alashqar, Raghad I. Jitan, Waed M. Abu Hanieh, Yasmeen B. Hotari, Waleed M. Sweileh and Sa’ed H. Zyoud

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:429

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  23. Considering that large variations exist amongst practitioners in lumbar disorder management and the significant costs that lumbar disorders incur, determining clinical practice patterns to provide preliminary ...

    Authors: Yoon Jae Lee, Joon-Shik Shin, Jinho Lee, Me-riong Kim, Yong-jun Ahn, Ye-sle Shin, Ki Byung Park, Byung-Cheul Shin, Myeong Soo Lee, Joo-Hee Kim, Jae-Heung Cho and In-Hyuk Ha

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:425

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  24. Although pharmacists are entrusted to play a role in ensuring the safe and appropriate use of all medicines, in general, the inclusion of complementary medicines (CMs) into their professional practice has not ...

    Authors: Carolina Oi Lam Ung, Joanna Harnett and Hao Hu

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:394

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  25. This article presents findings from qualitative interviews conducted as part of a research study that trained Acupuncture, Massage, and Chiropractic practitioners’ in Arizona, US, to implement evidence-based t...

    Authors: Emery R. Eaves, Amy Howerter, Mark Nichter, Lysbeth Floden, Judith S. Gordon, Cheryl Ritenbaugh and Myra L. Muramoto

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:331

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  26. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is a combination of herbal medicine, traditional therapies, and mind-body intervention. This descriptive study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, perc...

    Authors: Bijoy Laxmi Saha, Md. Omar Reza Seam, Md. Mainul Islam, Abhijit Das, Sayed Koushik Ahamed, Palash Karmakar, Md. Fokhrul Islam and Sukalyan Kumar Kundu

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:314

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  27. This paper reports the profile of the Australian chiropractic workforce and characteristics of chiropractic care from a large nationally-representative sample of practitioners.

    Authors: Jon Adams, Romy Lauche, Wenbo Peng, Amie Steel, Craig Moore, Lyndon G. Amorin-Woods and David Sibbritt

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:14

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  28. There are growing interests in using various methods including traditional and complementary medicines (T&CM) for tobacco control. The study aimed to introduce how traditional Korean medicine (TKM) applied to ...

    Authors: Soobin Jang, Yu Lee Park, Ju Ah Lee, Kyeong Han Kim, Eun-Kyoung Lee, Seung-Ho Sun, Yong-Cheol Shin, Seong-Gyu Ko and Sunju Park

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:494

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  29. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is often not disclosed by patients, and can be unfamiliar to health care professionals. This may lead to underuse of beneficial CAM therapies, and overuse of ot...

    Authors: Jeremy Y. Ng, Laurel Liang and Anna R. Gagliardi

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:425

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  30. In the present study the antioxidant potential of a methanol extract of Phyllanthus emblica leaves (PELE) was determined by in vitro methods as well as by an in vivo animal model, along with HPLC-DAD screening fo...

    Authors: Irsa Tahir, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Naseer Ali Shah and Maryam Aftab

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:406

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  31. Herb/Dietary Supplements (HDS) are the most popular Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) modality used by cancer patients and the only type which involves the ingestion of substances which may interfer...

    Authors: Saud M. Alsanad, Rachel L. Howard and Elizabeth M. Williamson

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:393

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  32. We developed and disseminated an educational DVD to introduce U.S. Veterans to independently-practiced complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) techniques and encourage CAM experimentation. The project’s g...

    Authors: Rachel Forster Held, Susan Santos, Michelle Marki and Drew Helmer

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:340

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  33. The Bhutanese So-wa-rig-pa medicine (BSM) was integrated with the allopathic (modern) health care system in 1967. Ever since the health care integration policy was implemented, the BSM has gone through many phase...

    Authors: Phurpa Wangchuk and ᅟ Tashi

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:283

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  34. Over the past decade there has been growing interest in the use of herbal medicine both in developed and developing countries. Given the high proportion of patients using herbal medicine in Ghana, some health ...

    Authors: Millicent Addai Boateng, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Bernard Kofi Turkson and Britt Pinkowski Tersbøl

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:189

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  35. Drynaria quercifolia L. (Family- Polypodiaceae) is a fern grows in Bangladesh used in traditional healing by the Garo tribe of Mymensingh district. In the current study, rhizomes and f...

    Authors: Farjana Rahman Chaity, Mahbuba Khatun and Mohammad Sharifur Rahman

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:184

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  36. Artemisia scoparia is traditionally used in the local system of medicine in kidney disorders. This study aimed at scrutinizing the nephroprotective prospective of A. scoparia methanol ...

    Authors: Moniba Sajid, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Naseer Ali Shah, Shafi Ullah, Tahira Younis, Muhammad Majid, Bushra Ahmad and Dereje Nigussie

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:149

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  37. Medical pluralism has flourished throughout the Western world in spite of efforts to legitimize Western biomedical healthcare as “conventional medicine” and thereby relegate all non-physician-related forms of ...

    Authors: Jeremy Y. Ng, Heather S. Boon, Alison K. Thompson and Cynthia R. Whitehead

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:134

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  38. A variety of people, with multiple perspectives, make up the system comprising chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) treatment. While there are frequently problems in communication and coordination of care within...

    Authors: Lauren S. Penney, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Charles Elder, Jennifer Schneider, Richard A. Deyo and Lynn L. DeBar

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:30

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  39. Decision-making during pregnancy regarding different options of care can be difficult, particularly when risks of intervention versus no intervention for mother and baby are unclear. Unbiased information and s...

    Authors: Bettina Berger, Christiane Schwarz and Peter Heusser

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:143

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  40. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use has steadily increased globally over the past two decades and is increasingly playing a role in the healthcare system in the United States. CAM practice-based e...

    Authors: Lysbeth Floden, Amy Howerter, Eva Matthews, Mark Nichter, James K Cunningham, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Judith S Gordon and Myra L Muramoto

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:140

    Content type: Research article

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  41. Studies have demonstrated the potential of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program to improve the condition of individuals with health outcomes such as hypertension, diabetes, and chronic pain; i...

    Authors: Sara Wagner Robb, Kelsey Benson, Lauren Middleton, Christine Meyers and James R Hébert

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:24

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  42. Massage therapy (MT) is becoming established as a recognized health care profession in Canada. It has been integrated as a core service in settings such as health spas, private integrative health centers, and ...

    Authors: Ania Kania-Richmond, Barb Findlay Reece, Esther Suter and Marja J Verhoef

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 15:20

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  43. There is a lack of research on the organisational operations of integrative healthcare (IHC) practices. IHC is a therapeutic strategy integrating conventional and complementary medicine in a shared context to ...

    Authors: Suzanne J Grant and Alan Bensoussan

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:410

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  44. Infertility patients are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to supplement or replace conventional fertility treatments. The objective of this study was to determine the roles of CA...

    Authors: Erin O’Reilly, Marika Sevigny, Kelley-Anne Sabarre and Karen P Phillips

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:394

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  45. Naturopathy forms an increasingly significant part of the Australian healthcare setting, with high utilisation of naturopaths by the Australian public and a large therapeutic footprint in rural and regional Au...

    Authors: Jon L Wardle, David W Sibbritt and Jon Adams

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:238

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  46. Feldenkrais Method® teachers help students improve function and quality of life through verbally and manually guided lessons. The reasons people seek Feldenkrais® lessons are poorly understood. Similarly, little...

    Authors: Patricia A Buchanan, Nicole L Nelsen and Simon Geletta

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:217

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  47. Despite the increasing popularity of acupuncture, there remains uncertainty as to its effectiveness and how it brings about change. Particular questions are posed over whether acupuncture research has sufficie...

    Authors: Sarah Price, Andrew F Long and Mary Godfrey

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:201

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  48. Integrative medicine (IM) integrates evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) with conventional medicine (CON). Medical schools offer basic CAM electives but in postgraduate medical training...

    Authors: Peter Heusser, Sabine Eberhard, Bettina Berger, Johannes Weinzirl and Pascale Orlow

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:191

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  49. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasingly included within mainstream integrative healthcare (IHC) services. Health service managers are key stakeholders central to ensuring effective integra...

    Authors: Judy Singer and Jon Adams

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:167

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  50. Provision of clinically relevant information about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to health care professionals is not well described. The aim of the study was to assess questions about CAM to the...

    Authors: Jan Schjøtt and Hilde Erdal

    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:56

    Content type: Research article

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