TY - JOUR
T1 - The National Institute of Complementary Medicine : past, present, future
AU - Besch, Janice
AU - Boon, Syvi
AU - Bensoussan, Alan
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) is Australia's national agency for complementary medicine research and policy. Since its establishment in 2007, NICM has played a unique and changing role in Australia's national research and innovation system for natural medicine. We provide here an overview of the context for NICM's establishment, its early achievements, and how the rationale informing NICM's initial funding continues to influence its program of activities. NICM's current and future focus in building the evidence base for complementary medicine - and its integration into mainstream medicine - is discussed.
AB - The National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) is Australia's national agency for complementary medicine research and policy. Since its establishment in 2007, NICM has played a unique and changing role in Australia's national research and innovation system for natural medicine. We provide here an overview of the context for NICM's establishment, its early achievements, and how the rationale informing NICM's initial funding continues to influence its program of activities. NICM's current and future focus in building the evidence base for complementary medicine - and its integration into mainstream medicine - is discussed.
KW - Australia
KW - alternative medicine
KW - integrative medicine
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:28990
UR - http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=834543332852466;res=IELHEA
M3 - Article
SN - 1033-8330
VL - 26
SP - 141
EP - 143
JO - Australian Journal of Herbal Medicine
JF - Australian Journal of Herbal Medicine
IS - 4
ER -
