Emerging Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy Initiatives and the Need for Dialogue
| Autor: | Vinjar Fønnebø, Kjersti E. Knox, Torkel Falkenberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Complementary Therapies
medicine.medical_specialty Process (engineering) Alternative medicine Globe Guidelines as Topic Policy initiatives World Health Organization World health Patient safety medicine Humans Practice Patterns Physicians' Policy Making Sweden Evidence-Based Medicine Norway business.industry Health Policy Public relations Treatment efficacy medicine.anatomical_structure Complementary and alternative medicine Health Care Reform Family medicine Health law business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 15:959-962 |
| ISSN: | 1557-7708 1075-5535 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/acm.2009.0030 |
| Popis: | Objectives: This article explores the regulation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and uses Swedish policy to bring to light paradoxes between CAM policies and CAM practice. It asserts that increases in CAM use challenge national health policies across the globe to simultaneously prioritize patient safety and treatment efficacy yet offer choices that promote patient ownership of health. In response to these challenges, many countries have established or are in the process of establishing a national CAM policy. Methods: Using Sweden as an example, current health law, the CAM policy–practice paradox, and efforts to change CAM policy are considered. This article offers recommendations for future policy development based on recent Norwegian reforms and World Health Organization guidelines and calls for dialogue on this topic. Conclusions: It is of the utmost importance that the rarely discussed paradoxes between CAM policy and CAM practice are addressed in health sector reforms globally. |
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