Abstract
Australians spend over $3.5 billion each year on complementary medicines and therapies, most commonly to assist in the management of chronic disease and improve health and wellbeing. Over the last twenty years, there has been a growing body of scientific knowledge on the efficacy of complementary medicine; understanding of mechanisms of action; and advances in processes to ensure quality and standardisation of materials and products. Research partnerships have increasingly focused on high burden of disease areas where mainstream medicine has yielded relatively poor results, particularly in the prevention and management of chronic disease, and towards enhanced results using a combination of complementary and mainstream interventions.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Penrith, N.S.W. |
Publisher | National Institute of Complementary Medicine |
Number of pages | 156 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
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- Australia
- alternative medicine
- economic aspects