Terminology in Complementary and Alternative Health

A paper prepared for the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Complementary and Alternative Health

Date of publication: November 2002

This terminology paper outlines the terms and definitions that the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Complementary and Alternative Health (MACCAH) will be using for the purposes of its work. The paper explains the terminology that MACCAH has decided to use when talking about both complementary and conventional forms of health care. It lists some of the therapies included within MACCAH’s definition of "complementary and alternative medicine", and outlines the model that MACCAH has developed to categorise such therapies.

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