| Descriptor English: | Complementary Therapies | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Terapias Complementarias
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Terapias Complementares | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Thérapies complémentaires | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Alternative Medicine Alternative Therapies Complementary Medicine Medicine, Alternative Medicine, Complementary Therapies, Alternative Therapies, Complementary Therapy, Alternative Therapy, Complementary |
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| Tree number(s): |
E02.190 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000529 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment. |
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| Annotation: | General or unspecified; prefer specifics; not for "alternative health care delivery system" (= DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE) or specific health service. |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
AE adverse effects CL classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MO mortality MT methods NU nursing OG organization & administration PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2002; see ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (1986-2001) |
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| History Note: | 2002(1986) |
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| Entry Version: | COMPLEMENTARY THER |
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| DeCS ID: | 19609 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D000529 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1986/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1985/02/25 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2018/06/29 |
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ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Therapeutics [E02]Therapeutics
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Complementary Therapies
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Complementary Medicine
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Alternative Medicine
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Alternative Therapies
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| Concept UI |
M0381156 |
| Scope note | Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment. |
| Preferred term | Complementary Therapies |
| Entry term(s) |
Therapies, Complementary Therapy, Complementary |
| Concept UI |
M0381154 |
| Preferred term | Complementary Medicine |
| Entry term(s) |
Medicine, Complementary |
| Concept UI |
M0000813 |
| Preferred term | Alternative Medicine |
| Entry term(s) |
Medicine, Alternative |
| Concept UI |
M0381155 |
| Scope note | Therapies are termed as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment. |
| Preferred term | Alternative Therapies |
| Entry term(s) |
Therapies, Alternative Therapy, Alternative |
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