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October 2002, Vol 92, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1562-1564
© 2002 American Public Health Association

EDITORIAL

What Is the Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Public Health?

Vincent M. B. Silenzio, MD, MPH, Guest Editor

Vincent M. B. Silenzio is with the Center for Family Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Vincent M. B. Silenzio, MD, MPH, 630 W 168th St, VC 12-217, New York, NY 10032.

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


   INTRODUCTION
 
What is the role of complementary and alternative health care and medical practices in the health and well-being of the public? With this extraordinary collection of articles and essays, the Journal explores this question and helps to open a new period in the history of public health. Although long an integral part of the health systems of societies all around the globe, the relationship between public health and traditional or indigenous health practices has not often been a congenial or collegial one. Yet the question of the proper role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the health of the . . . [Full Text]


   CAM AS SECTORS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM
 

   THE SCIENCE OF CAM
 

   CONVENTIONAL, ALTERNATIVE, AND COMPLEMENTARY ETHNOMEDICAL SYSTEMS
 

   CAM, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, AND CULTURAL HEALTH
 

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