Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Therapeutics > Complementary Therapies

Preferred term

Complementary Therapies  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Therapy, Complementary

Note

  • General or unspecified; prefer specifics; not for "alternative health care delivery system" (= DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE) or specific health service.

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.

History note

  • 2002(1986)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • koululääketieteeseen kuulumaton hoito
  • koululääketieteeseen kuulumattomat hoidot
  • lääketieteen ulkopuolinen hoito
  • lääketieteen ulkopuoliset hoidot
  • näyttöön perustuvaan nykylääketieteeseen kuulumaton hoito
  • näyttöön perustuvaan nykylääketieteeseen kuulumattomat hoidot
  • täydentävä hoito
  • täydentävät hoidot
  • uskomuslääkintä
  • Swedish

  • Alternativ behandling
  • Alternativmedicin
  • KAM
  • Komplementär medicin

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000529

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 2/25/85, last modified 6/29/18