East meets West: current issues relevant to integrating Chinese medicine
<p>Abstract</p> <p>This article describes the challenges that integration of Chinese medicine (CM) and biomedicine are likely to bring for improving safety, research, education, and cross-disciplinary communication. Potential strategies to meet these challenges are suggested, inclu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Chinese Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.cmjournal.org/content/7/1/20 |
| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>This article describes the challenges that integration of Chinese medicine (CM) and biomedicine are likely to bring for improving safety, research, education, and cross-disciplinary communication. Potential strategies to meet these challenges are suggested, including the use of accessible language for the Western biomedical community, and further development of whole-system randomized controlled trials that support individualized treatment approaches.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8546 |