Complementary and alternative medicine : professions or modalities? : policy implications for coverage, licensure, scope of practice, institutional privileges, and research / Patricia M. Herman, Ian D. Coulter
1. Introduction -- 2. Background on professions versus procedures -- 3. CAM professions represented in this report -- 4. Examples of policies where profession versus procedures makes a difference -- 5. CAM expert panel -- 6. Health policy decisionmaker panel -- 7. Summary and conclusions -- Appendix A. Members of the CAM expert panel -- Appendix B. Members of the health policy decisionmakers panel -- Appendix C. Briefing paper for the health policy decisionmakers panel -- Appendix D. Past collective efforts across the CAM professions
Summary
Using development of a background paper on the policy issues associated with the scope of practice and utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the health care system, input from a panel of CAM experts, and input from a panel of health care policy decisionmakers, this report explores the policy challenges associated with coverage, licensure, scope of practice, institutional privileges, and research among the CAM professions
