title: The polarized debate over complementary and alternative medicine.
abstract: Debate about the place and scientific of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has increased markedly in 2002 following the release of the report of the White House Commission on Alternative and Complementary Medicine Policy. Arguments for and against the integration of CAM into mainstream medicine that have been made are discussed. Positions taken by organizations opposed to CAM are described as are arguments to study the place of CAM further.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, and Pain Management Center, University Hospitals and Clinics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City 84112-5820, USA. alipman@pharm.utah.edu
authors.forename: Arthur G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lipman
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011639:Public Opinion; D014481:United States