Traditional use of medicinal plants in the boreal forest of Canada: review and perspectives

Y Uprety, H Asselin, A Dhakal, N Julien - Journal of ethnobiology and …, 2012 - Springer
Background The boreal forest of Canada is home to several hundred thousands Aboriginal
people who have been using medicinal plants in traditional health care systems for …

Integrative medicine models in contemporary primary health care

K Templeman, A Robinson - Complementary therapies in medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine what models of integrative medicine (IM) are being employed in
contemporary health care settings, and how and which factors affect and facilitate the …

Integrating traditional and complementary medicine with national healthcare systems for universal health coverage in Asia and the Western Pacific

YL Park, R Canaway - Health Systems & Reform, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract In the WHO Western Pacific Region, traditional medicine has extensively been used
by communities as part of primary health care which is critical foundation for achieving …

[图书][B] Ethnomedicine

PI Erickson - 2007 - books.google.com
People throughout time and place, no matter their belief system, have sought to discover
causes and cures for illness and disease. Among Westerners is a groundswell to augment …

Emerging issues in traditional Chinese medicine

YL Siow, Y Gong, KKW Au-Yeung… - Canadian journal of …, 2005 - cdnsciencepub.com
La médecine traditionnelle chinoise (MTC) a de nombreux effets bénéfiques et est pratiquée
depuis plusieurs milliers d'années. Elle est connue pour traiter la cause de la maladie plutôt …

Referral to and attitude towards traditional Chinese medicine amongst western medical doctors in postcolonial Hong Kong

VCH Chung, S Hillier, CH Lau, SYS Wong… - Social Science & …, 2011 - Elsevier
Recognizing the international trend for patients to choose both allopathic western medicine
(WM) and traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM), the World Health …

Age, chronic non-communicable disease and choice of traditional Chinese and western medicine outpatient services in a Chinese population

VCH Chung, CH Lau, EK Yeoh, SM Griffiths - BMC Health Services …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Background In 1997 Hong Kong reunified with China and the development of
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) started with this change in national identity. However …

Expert or experiential knowledge? How knowledge informs situated action in childcare practices

X Tian, S Zhang - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
The study examines how alternative health information affects the professional authority of
doctors. Drawing on in-depth interviews with mothers in Hong Kong and focusing on child …

Tibetan medicine plurality

J Salick, A Byg, A Amend, B Gunn, W Law, H Schmidt - Economic Botany, 2006 - Springer
Tibetan medicine historically has had multiple medical lineages, despite ancient, shared
literary medical canons. However, since the second half of the 20th century in Tibet …

The relationship between the use of complementary and alternative medicine and the use of biomedical services: evidence from East Asian medical systems

JM Shim - Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
To provide East Asian evidence to the relationship between the use of complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) and the use of biomedicine, this article examines the …