title: Complementing your care: about the special interest groups. Part I--RCN complementary therapies forum.
abstract: Supports the integration of appropriate complementary therapies into healthcare. Encourages the use of evidence-based practice. Promotes the development of appropriate education for nurses wishing to use complementary therapies in their practice. Encourages its members to raise public awareness of the potential benefits and possible areas of concern relating to the use of complementary therapies.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Brookes University, UK. aavis@brookes.ac.uk
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authors.lastname: Avis
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom