Subfile:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Format (FM):
Review (46).
Language(s) (LG):
English.
Year Published (YR):
2001.
Audience code (AC):
Health Professionals (100). Alternative Therapists (180). General Public/Consumers (300).
Corporate Author (CN):
World Health Organization.
Source (SO):
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organziation. 2001. 189 p.
Availability (AV):
World Health Organization Headquarters. Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Telephone: (+00 41 22) 791 21 11; Fax: (+00 41 22) 791 3111; E-mail: publications@who.int.
PRICE: Free.
Abstract (AB):
This World Health Organization (WHO) document provides information on the legal status of traditional and complementary/alternative medicine in 123 countries, including those from the Americas, Europe, Southeast Asia, Western Pacific, Eastern Mediterranean, and Africa. The purpose of the document is to facilitate the development of legal frameworks and the sharing of experiences between countries by introducing what some countries have done in terms of regulating traditional and complementary/alternative medicine. It provides summaries of the policies enacted in the different countries and the variety of models of integration adopted by national policymakers. This document serves as an update and an expansion of the 1998 WHO document,"Regulatory Situation of Herbal Medicines: A Worldwide Review." 283 references.
Major Descriptors (MJ):
Complementary Medicine. Alternative Medicine. Legal Issues. Quality of Care. Traditional Medicine. Regulations. Integrative Medicine. International.
Verification/Update Date (VE):
200207.
Notes (NT):
Copyright: No.
Accession Number (AN):
AMDC03367.
URL (LK):
http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/who-edm-trm-2001-2/legalstatus.pdf
