background portugal has a strong tradition of conventional western healthcare. so it provides a natural case study for the relationship between complementary/alternative medicine (cam) and western medicine (wm). this work aims to test the relationship between cam and wm users in the diagnosis and treatment stages and to estimate the determinants of cam choice.   methods the forth portuguese nat...

evidence-based medicine is now generally perceived to be the dominant operating system in conventional medicine. evidence-based medicine developed concurrently with the internet and the world wide web. this is no coincidence since evidence-based medicine suggests a personal responsibility for clinicians to keep abreast of research that would be difficult without the information access that the ...

Whitehead, N. (2003) Herbal remedies: integration into conventional medicine. Nursing Times; 99: 34, 30–33. There is evidence of increasing use of complementary therapies. The benefits and possible sideeffects of herbal and dietary supplements in respiratory disorders are discussed. Questions have been raised about the safety of herbal products, yet their legal status is uncertain. Promotion of...

BACKGROUND Despite the substantive literature from survey research that has accumulated on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States and elsewhere, very little research has been done to assess conceptual domains that CAM and conventional providers would emphasize in CAM survey studies. The objective of this study is to describe and interpret the results of concept mappin...

considering the clarification of negative effects of chemical medicine on human beings, tendency to use herbal medicine has been increasing. herbal medicines provide an important alternative to health the conventional medicines. the combination therapy, using both herbal medicine and conventional medicine, caused the herbal medicine to become more important than ever before. the present study e...