Concept information
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health care quality, access, and evaluation
health services research
health professionals and healthcare organizations
complementary and alternative medicine
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classroom interventions
behavioral classroom interventions
systems of care
complementary and alternative medicine
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physiological processes
health and aging
nutritional issues
complementary and alternative medicine
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physiological processes
health and aging
nutritional issues
complementary and alternative medicine
...
physiological processes
health and aging
nutritional issues
complementary and alternative medicine
...
physiological processes
health and aging
nutritional issues
complementary and alternative medicine
Terme préférentiel
complementary medicine
Définition(s)
- The use of drugs and treatments not accepted by orthodox medicine as scientific, with the aim, not of replacing orthodox forms of treatment, but of supplementing them. The main users are the middle classes, the well educated and more commonly women, usually in response to chronic conditions (Cant, S. and Sharma, U. (1999) A New Medical Pluralism: Complementary Medicine, Doctors and the State. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Complementary Medicine]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WL3CMCNC-T
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