title: Guidelines for selecting a medical herbalist for consultation and referral: consulting a medical herbalist.
abstract: Many Americans are self-medicating with herbal medicines. Health care practitioners often need to consult with, and/or refer to a medical herbalist in order to fully address the herb information needs of their clients. This article provides a guideline for the health practitioner to use when assessing the competency and expertise of an herb practitioner. Three models for assessing mastery in a health-related discipline are used as a foundation for the guideline.
authors.affiliation: Integrative Nursing Associates, Wheatridge, Colorado 80033, USA. martha.libster@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Libster
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006296:Health Services / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D010820:Physicians; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011361:Professional Competence; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012651:Self Medication; D000078329:Workforce