East meets West: current issues relevant to integrating Chinese medicine

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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Main Authors: Wong Emily, Gaster Barak, Lee Sum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:Chinese Medicine
Online Access:http://www.cmjournal.org/content/7/1/20
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