title: National health policy for traditional medicine in India.
abstract: External pressures have combined to erode the practice of India's traditional medical systems to such an extent that they are in danger of becoming extinct. A better balanced national health policy could go a long way towards reversing this trend.
authors.affiliation: Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006291:Health Policy; D007194:India; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic; D012423:Rural Health; D013188:Sri Lanka