[Complementary Medicine - a critical analysis].
Complementary medicine is a complex field, which has gained importance particularly due to its wide-spread use. Here I try to review this area briefly but critically. My conclusion is that issues such as efficacy and safety of complementary techniques can and should be researched systematically and rigorously.
Ernst
Edzard
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Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, Exeter, UK. Edzard.Ernst@pms.ac.uk
D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D018570:Risk Assessment