What Is Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)?
Internet URL
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/
This document also available in Spanish
Sponsoring Agency
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Description
There are many terms used to describe approaches to health care that are outside the realm of conventional medicine as practiced in the United States. This fact sheet explains how the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a component of the National Institutes of Health, defines some of the key terms used in the field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). A dictionary of terms that are underlined in the text can be found at the end of this fact sheet.
Related Topics
|