East meets West: current issues relevant to integrating Chinese medicine
<p>Abstract</p> <p>This article describes the challenges that integration of Chinese medicine (CM) and biomedicine are likely to bring for improving safety, research, education, and cross-disciplinary communication. Potential strategies to meet these challenges are suggested, inclu...
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2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>This article describes the challenges that integration of Chinese medicine (CM) and biomedicine are likely to bring for improving safety, research, education, and cross-disciplinary communication. Potential strategies to meet these challenges are suggested, including the use of accessible language for the Western biomedical community, and further development of whole-system randomized controlled trials that support individualized treatment approaches.</p> |
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Item Description: | 10.1186/1749-8546-7-20 1749-8546 |