What is there about alternative medicine that sets it apartfrom ordinary medicine? The term refers to a remarkably heterogeneousgroup of theories and practices — as disparate as homeopathy,therapeutic touch, imagery, and herbal medicine. What unitesthem? Eisenberg et al. defined alternative medicine (now oftencalled complementary medicine) as "medical interventions nottaught widely at U.S. medical schools or generally availableat U.S. hospitals."1 That is not a very satisfactory definition,especially since many alternative remedies have recently foundtheir way into the medical mainstream. Medical schools teachalternative medicine, hospitals and health maintenance organizationsoffer it,2 and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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