Bridging conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine.

Bridging conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine.

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies are classified into five major domains: alternative medical systems (which includes traditional Chinese medicine, ayurveda, homeopathy, and naturopathy); mind-body interventions (including meditation, hypnosis, dance music, and art therapy); bio...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 24, 2 (2005).
Main Author: Atsumi, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative medicine.
Art therapy.
Ayurveda.
Biologically based treatments.
Biomedical engineering.
Body-based methods.
Chiropractic therapies.
Complementary medicine.
Conventional medicine.
Dance music.
Energy therapies.
Herbs.
Homeopathy.
Hypnosis.
Integrative medicine.
Manipulative methods.
Massage therapies.
Meditation.
Mind-body interventions.
Minerals.
Naturopathy.
Traditional Chinese medicine.
Vegetarianism.
Vitamins.