{"title":"Historical aspects of contemporary complementary medicine∗","authors":"Marc S Micozzi","doi":"10.1016/S1543-1150(03)00004-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>What is labeled today as complementary and alternative medicine has its roots in the historic practice of an eclectic medicine in the United States as well as in other cultural traditions around the world. Five selected alternative medical traditions are presented which illustrate their origins, range, and applications. Their persistence in the contemporary United States, and efforts to integrate them into the mainstream health care setting indicates their ongoing role and value to society.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101156,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Integrative Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"Pages 3-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1543-1150(03)00004-8","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Seminars in Integrative Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1543115003000048","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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What is labeled today as complementary and alternative medicine has its roots in the historic practice of an eclectic medicine in the United States as well as in other cultural traditions around the world. Five selected alternative medical traditions are presented which illustrate their origins, range, and applications. Their persistence in the contemporary United States, and efforts to integrate them into the mainstream health care setting indicates their ongoing role and value to society.