Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Professions or Modalities? Policy Implications for Coverage, Licensure, Scope of Practice, Institutional Privileges, and Research

• Main Author: Herman, Patricia M. (auth)
• Other Authors: Coulter, Ian D. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2015
• Subjects: Insurance & actuarial studies; Complementary therapies, healing & health; Health systems & services; Medicolegal issues; Complementary medicine; Health Sciences; Public Health; Business
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Using development of a background paper on the policy issues associated with the scope of practice and utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the health care system, input from a panel of CAM experts, and input from a panel of health care policy decisionmakers, this report ex...