Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Professions or
Modalities?
Policy
Implications for Coverage, Licensure, Scope of Practice, Institutional
Privileges, and Research
Abstract
This report examines a problem that
confronts the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) professions whereby
a profession is defined politically not by its full professional scope but by
its treatment modalities. Even when CAM disciplines are defined by legal
statutes as broad-based professions, this designation is not honored by such codes
as the policies of insurance coverage. This project consisted of three parts:
development of a background paper on the policy issues associated with the
scope of practice and utilization of CAM practitioners in the health care
system, input from a panel of CAM experts, and input from a panel of health
care policy decisionmakers. With the increasing utilization of CAM by the
public and the increasing consideration of CAM in all aspects of health policy,
this report serves as a valuable reference document to aid in policymaking in
terms of the challenges associated with coverage, licensure, scope of practice,
institutional privileges, and research.
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