Hospital-Based Integrative Medicine A Case Study of the Barriers and Factors Facilitating the Creation of a Center

• Main Author: Coulter, Ian D. (auth)
• Other Authors: Ellison, Marcia A. (auth), Hilton, Lara (auth), Rhodes, Hilary J. (auth), Ryan, Gery W. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2008
• Subjects: Medicolegal issues; Health Sciences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This study tracks the establishment of a single hospital-based integrative medicine center. Although some factors clearly worked in favor of the center, the hospital had few models to guide it and no experience in creating such a clinic. Thus, it made many decisions in the areas of administration, f...