Operational definition of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine derived from a systematic search

• Main Authors: Jeremy Y. Ng (Author), Tushar Dhawan (Author), Ekaterina Dogadova (Author), Zhala Taghi-Zada (Author), Alexandra Vacca (Author), L. Susan Wieland (Author), David Moher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Identifying what therapies constitute complementary, alternative, and/or integrative medicine (CAIM) is complex for a multitude of reasons. An operational definition is dynamic, and changes based on both historical time period and geographical location whereby many jurisdictions...