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October 2002, Vol 92, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1582-1591
© 2002 American Public Health Association

PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS

A Public Health Agenda for Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine

Gerard Bodeker, EdD and Fredi Kronenberg, PhD

Gerard Bodeker is with the University of Oxford Medical School, Oxford, England. Fredi Kronenberg is with the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Gerard Bodeker, EdD, GIFTS of Health, Green College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6HG, UK (e-mail: gerry.bodeker{at}green.oxford.ac.uk).

Traditional medicine (a term used here to denote the indigenous health traditions of the world) and complementary and alternative medicine (T/CAM) have, in the past 10 years, claimed an increasing share of the public’s awareness and the agenda of medical researchers. Studies have documented that about half the population of many industrialized countries now use T/CAM, and the proportion is as high as 80% in many developing countries.

Most research has focused on clinical and experimental medicine (safety, efficacy, and mechanism of action) and regulatory issues, to the general neglect of public health dimensions. Public health research must consider social, cultural, political, and economic contexts to maximize the contribution of T/CAM to health care systems globally.




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