Complementary medicine
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Overview
Complementary medicine refers to a group of therapeutic and diagnostic disciplines that exist largely outside the institutions where conventional health care is taught and provided.[1]
As its name suggests, complementary medicine differs from alternative medicine in that it does not offer a competing (or 'alternative') viewpoint to that based on science-based knowledge. Even so, the two are commonly categorised together as complementary and alternative medicine (or CAM for short).
See also
References
- ↑ Zollman C, Vickers A. (1999). "ABC of complementary medicine. What is complementary medicine?". Brit Med J 319: 693-696. PMID 10541511.
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