title: Introduction of the World Health Organization project of the International Classification of Traditional Medicine.
abstract: The World Health Organization plans to incorporate "traditional medicine" into the next revision of its International Classification of Diseases-Version 11 (ICD-11). If traditional medicine is included in ICD-11, it is definitely an epoch-making issue. The expected result is the International Classification of Traditional Medicine, China, Japan and Korea Version (ICTM-CJK). The intention of the ICTM project is not only beneficial for traditional medical components, but also might be beneficial for Western biomedicine. For this shared purpose, China, Japan and Korea must understand the meaning of this project and collaborate to develop it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200540, China.
authors.forename: Peng-fei
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D007564:Japan; D007723:Korea; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D014944:World Health Organization