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- Title
The health system approach to the complementary and alternative medicine.
- Authors
Azargoon, Alireza; Zibaei, Mohammad
- Abstract
The article focuses on the World Health Organization's (WHO) approach to the complementary and alternative medicine. It discusses some reasons on the increasing usage of different methods of complementary medicine which include the accessibility in developing countries, availability of healthcare service to poor patients, and concerns about the complications of chemical medicines. Also mentioned are the policy making, safety and quality, and standardization of the complementary medicine.
- Subjects
ALTERNATIVE medicine; TRADITIONAL medicine; HEALTH services accessibility; SERVICES for the poor; DEVELOPING countries; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Journal of Research & Health, 2015, Vol 5, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2423-5717
- Publication type
Article