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Alternative medicine

Scope Notes: Treatment of a medical condition by means other than those generally accepted by the medical community, term added December 1994

Broader Term:

Holism

Use For:

ICF I:

e5 SERVICES, SYSTEMS AND POLICIES

ICF III:

e580 Health services, systems and policies

ICF IV:

e5800 Health services

Changes:

20-Oct-94 Added term; Sept 2020 added Pain management as RT

Search REHABDATA for Alternative medicine. Opens in a new window. Includes international research (formerly CIRRIE).

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