Hospital-based integrative medicine a case study of the barriers and factors facilitating the creation of a center

Current integrative medicine practices in hospital settings involve some form of partnership between complementary and alternative medicine and biomedicine. This five-year study adopted a longitudinal methodology to track the establishment of a single hospital-based Integrative Medicine Center. Usin...

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Corporate Authors: Rand Corporation (-), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (U.S.)
Other Authors: Coulter, Ian D., 1945- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND 2008.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426445006719
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Summary:Current integrative medicine practices in hospital settings involve some form of partnership between complementary and alternative medicine and biomedicine. This five-year study adopted a longitudinal methodology to track the establishment of a single hospital-based Integrative Medicine Center. Using extensive qualitative interview data, the project staff conducted a stakeholder analysis of all participants involved in the establishment and continuation of the Integrative Medicine Center and collected data from hospital documents, patient files, patient questionnaires and provider questionnair
Item Description:"Supported by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine."
"MG-591-NCCAM"--P. [4] of cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (193 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-171).
ISBN:9781282451285
9786612451287
9780833048196