A comprehensive search string informed by an operational definition of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine for systematic bibliographic database search strategies

• Main Authors: Jeremy Y. Ng (Author), Tushar Dhawan (Author), Ekaterina Dogadova (Author), Zhala Taghi-Zada (Author), Alexandra Vacca (Author), Renee-Gabrielle Fajardo (Author), Hooriya A. Masood (Author), Riva Patel (Author), Samira Sunderji (Author), L. Susan Wieland (Author), David Moher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Determining which therapies fall under the umbrella of complementary, alternative, and/or integrative medicine (CAIM) is difficult for several reasons. An operational definition is dynamic, and changes depending on both historical time period and geographical location, with many...