Legal status and regulation of complementary and alternative medicine in Europe

S Wiesener, T Falkenberg, G Hegyi, J Hök… - Forschende …, 2012 - karger.com
Objective: The study aims to review the legal and regulatory status of complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) in the 27 European Union (EU) member states and 12 …

Ethnobotanical knowledge of local Arab practitioners in the Middle Eastern region

H Azaizeh, S Fulder, K Khalil, O Said - Fitoterapia, 2003 - Elsevier
An ethnobotanical survey was conducted among 31 local Arab practitioners living in Galilee,
Negev, Golan Heights and West Bank. Seeing that the Arabic traditional medicine is in …

Changing boundaries: modes of coexistence of alternative and biomedicine

JT Shuval, N Mizrachi - Qualitative health research, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, the authors address the boundaries of institutional structures, the dynamics of
their configuration, and the nature of their permeability. The authors explored these issues in …

[图书][B] Negotiating the holistic turn: The domestication of alternative medicine

J Fadlon - 2005 - books.google.com
Alternative medicine, once an anti-establishment outsider, has enjoyed such growing
popularity in recent years that it has generated a new medical industry, complete with …

Disparities in diabetes care: role of the patient's socio-demographic characteristics

R Wilf-Miron, R Peled, E Yaari, O Shem-Tov… - BMC public health, 2010 - Springer
Background The commitment to promoting equity in health is derived from the notion that all
human beings have the right to the best attainable health. However, disparities in health …

Meridians, chakras and psycho-neuro-immunology: The dematerializing body and the domestication of alternative medicine

J Fadlon - Body & Society, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has grown both in
popularity and economic importance. I argue that this success is primarily the result of …

The association between socio-demographic characteristics and adherence to breast and colorectal cancer screening: analysis of large sub populations

R Wilf-Miron, R Peled, E Yaari, A Vainer, A Porath… - BMC cancer, 2011 - Springer
Background Populations having lower socioeconomic status, as well as ethnic minorities,
have demonstrated lower utilization of preventive screening, including tests for early …

Change and stability: use of complementary and alternative medicine in Israel: 1993, 2000 and 2007

A Shmueli, I Igudin, J Shuval - European journal of public health, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background: Complementary and alternative health care has gained increasing popularity
in Western societies in recent years. The objective of the article is to explore cross-sectional …

Use of complementary and alternative medicine among cancer patients in Israel

D Pud, E Kaner, A Morag, S Ben-Ami, A Yaffe - European Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has gained in popularity among cancer
patients in recent years. The present study assessed the patterns of CAM use among cancer …

Complementary and alternative health care in Israel

JT Shuval, E Averbuch - Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2012 - Springer
The paper explores the patterns of coexistence of alternative/complementary health care
(CAM) and conventional medicine in Israel in the cultural, political, and social contexts of the …