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And Now, Alternative Medicine...

John Spencer, PhD; Wayne Jonas, MD

Arch Fam Med. 1997;6(2):155-156.

Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

DURING THE PAST several years, a renewed interest in alternative medicine has led to the establishment of the Office of Alternative Medicine, at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. The office is setting priorities and identifying methods for the rigorous scientific investigation and validation of certain alternative or complementary therapies. The goal is to use explicit criteria for the evaluation so that results obtained can be meaningfully interpreted by the public and by medical providers and third-party payers. No statements or assumptions are made before the results of scientifically conducted clinical trials are reported regarding whether or not these therapies are useful.

See also pages 149 and 181

In this issue of the ARCHIVES, 2 articles illustrate the growing interest in and potential importance of "shaping" opinions and/or biases about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) using a scientific evidentiary approach. The article "Clinical Practice Guidelines in Complementary and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]


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Office of Alternative Medicine National Institutes of Medicine Bethesda, Md






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