International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

New Scope for Research in Traditional and Non-conventional Medicine; Comment on “Substitutes or Complements? Diagnosis and Treatment with Non-conventional and Conventional Medicine”

Document Type : Commentary

Author
Mara Tognetti Bordogna
Observatory and Methods for Health, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
10.15171/ijhpm.2015.106
Abstract
The article takes its cue from models of quantitative research applied to complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) and pinpoints some innovative features in the case at issue (Portugal). It goes on to outline new research scenarios moving beyond the either biomedical or CAM framework.
Keywords
English National Health Service (NHS)
Funding
Privatisation
Subjects
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  • Received Date 27 April 2015
  • Revised Date 21 May 2015
  • Accepted Date 21 May 2015
  • First Published Date 01 September 2015
  • Published Date 01 September 2015