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eCAM 2005 2(3):395-397; doi:10.1093/ecam/neh111
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Education Section

Finding the Evidence in CAM: a Student's Perspective

Jeffrey Ghassemi

School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles and School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, CA, USA

This commentary offers a future health care provider's perspective on the role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Western (namely, in US) medical education and practice. As a student of both public health and medicine in the United States, Jeffrey Ghassemi is interested in CAM's contribution to improving medical practice and teaching. The commentary highlights the ambiguous definitions of CAM to Westerners despite the rising popularity of and expenditures for alternative modalities of care. It then argues for collaboration between alternative and established medical communities to ascertain the scientific merits of CAM. It concludes by calling for a new medical paradigm that embraces the philosophies of both communities to advance education and patient care.

Keywords: CAM use – Evidence Based Medicine – Complementary medicine – Integrative Medicine – East-West Medicine – Traditional Chinese Medicine – Herbal Medicine – Mind/Body Medicine – Meditation

For reprints and all correspondence: Jeffrey Ghassemi, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Tel:+1-626-627-9960; E-mail: jghass{at}ucla.edu; jghass{at}uci.edu


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