Journal article
Actions speak louder than words: Mainstream health providers’ definitions and behaviour regarding complementary and alternative medicine
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore how mainstream practitioners define and categorize complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as one component of assessing their views. The following themes emerged from interviews with Canadian physicians, midwives and nurses: epistemological, evidence-based, medical domain, political-regulatory, funding-based, and role-based definitions of CAM. We also assess any possible links to their behaviour …
Authors
Hirschkorn KA; Bourgeault IL
Journal
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 29–37
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.ctcp.2006.05.001
ISSN
1744-3881