Purpose: To determine the prevalence of use of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM)
by breast cancer survivors in Ontario, Canada, and to compare the characteristics of CAM …

Background "Integrative health care" has become a common term to describe teams of health
care providers working together to provide patient care. However this term has not been …

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) occupations continue to struggle towards
achieving professional status, especially in the form of statutory regulation. Many consider …

Herbal medicinal products are widely used, vary greatly in content and quality, and are
actively tested in randomized, controlled trials (RCTs). The authors' objective was to develop …

This paper examines the reactions of leaders of established health professions in Ontario,
Canada to the efforts of selected complementary and alternative (CAM) occupational groups (…

Background Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by women with breast
cancer is often said to be increasing, yet few data exist to confirm this commonly held belief. …

Background To explore the strengths and weaknesses of conventional biomedical research
strategies and methods as applied to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and …

Patients' use of alternative and complementary health services has created a need for
physicians to become informed about the current literature regarding these treatments. Herbal …

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) often consists of whole systems of care (such
as naturopathic medicine or traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)) that combine a wide …

Purpose:To conduct a systematic review of reasons for and sociodemographic and disease
characteristics associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in …