Background The use of herbal medicine, as one element of complementary and alternative
medicine, is increasing worldwide. Little is known about the reasons for and factors …

The purpose of this paper is to integrate the literature on family and social ties among older
ethnic minority men and women with the literature on chronic illness self-care among elders …

Objectives We aimed to survey the published literature for articles that describe the use of
herbal supplements by elderly patients and to summarize important aspects of selected …

Objectives: Existing studies on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
have produced diverse results regarding the types and prevalence of CAM use due, in part …

Background Polypharmacy is common among older adults, with increasing numbers also
using prescription drugs with herbal medicinal products (HMPs) and dietary supplements …

Dietary supplements are widely used across all ages and user groups and constitute a
considerable business sector in most developed countries. Hazards relating to …

Objective Despite the availability of well characterized and scientifically proven medicines,
many people prefer the use of the less known herbal therapies that have no-scientific or …

Background Prevalence rates for herbal medicine (HM) have been increasing worldwide.
However, little is known about prevalence, user characteristics, usage pattern and factors …

Background: Medical pluralism can be defined as the employment of more than one medical
system or the use of both conventional and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) …

In the past two decades, there has been an exponential increase in the use of medicinal
herbal products around the world. In various countries, these products are classified and …