Subfile:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Format (FM):
Fact Sheet (22).
Language(s) (LG):
English. Spanish.
Year Published (YR):
2003.
Audience code (AC):
General Public/Consumers (300). Health Professionals (100). Health Services Providers (500). Patients (400).
Corporate Author (CN):
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Series (SE):
(Get the Facts).
Source (SO):
Bethesda, MD: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institutes of Health. 2003. 6 p.
Availability (AV):
Available from National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clearinghouse (NCCAM). P.O. Box 7923, Gaithersburg, MD 20898. (888) 644-6226 or (301) 519-3153. TTY (866) 464-3615. Fax (866) 464-3616. E-mail: info@nccam.nih.gov.
Website: www.nccam.nih.gov.
PRICE: Single copy free. Publication Number: D156 (English) or D164 (Spanish).
Abstract (AB):
This fact sheet focuses on what complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is, including its definition and how complementary medicine and alternative medicine differ from each other. It reviews the five major types of CAM: alternative medical systems, mind-body interventions, biologically based therapies, manipulative and body-based methods, and energy therapies. It ends with a discussion of NCCAM's role in the field of CAM. A dictionary of terms is included.
Major Descriptors (MJ):
Complementary Medicine. Alternative Medicine. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Manipulative and Body-Based Methods.
Minor Descriptors (MN):
Energy Therapy. Mind-Body Interventions. Biological Therapies. Alternative Medical Systems.
Verification/Update Date (VE):
200502.
Notes (NT):
Copyright: No.
Accession Number (AN):
AMDC03261.
URL (LK):
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/
