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<bold>Aim.</bold> The aim of the study is to present the meaning, potential of use and legal issues related to the use of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine in the European Union member states.
<bold>Material and methods.</bold> Non-systematic review. Analysis of the literature on the subject covering the issues related to using and legal issues of complementary and alternative medicine methods in the context of the integration of Evidence Based Medicine methods into conventional medicine.
<bold>Results.</bold> Despite attempts to introduce restrictions and introduce legal regulations regarding the use of unconventional medicine, it is still common to use unconfirmed methods, based on information searched on the Internet or using the services of people without any education in a given field. Lack of or insufficient regulations to manage the quality, safety and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine methods, and the lack of integration between the health care system and CAM pose the greatest risk.
<bold>Conclusions.</bold> Due to the ever-increasing public demand for the use of complementary medicine methods, it is necessary to take steps to introduce integrative medicine that will ensure safe and effective patient-centered care, taking into account the comparability and availability of CAM practices in European Union member states.
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Aim. The aim of the study is to present the meaning, potential of use and legal issues related to the use of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine in the European Union member states.
Material and methods. Non-systematic review. Analysis of the literature on the subject covering the issues related to using and legal issues of complementary and alternative medicine methods in the context of the integration of Evidence Based Medicine methods into conventional medicine.
Results. Despite attempts to introduce restrictions and introduce legal regulations regarding the use of unconventional medicine, it is still common to use unconfirmed methods, based on information searched on the Internet or using the services of people without any education in a given field. Lack of or insufficient regulations to manage the quality, safety and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine methods, and the lack of integration between the health care system and CAM pose the greatest risk.
Conclusions. Due to the ever-increasing public demand for the use of complementary medicine methods, it is necessary to take steps to introduce integrative medicine that will ensure safe and effective patient-centered care, taking into account the comparability and availability of CAM practices in European Union member states.

Borders between integrative medicine and EBM: significance, potential for use and legal issues in European Union member states. Narrative review

Department of Family and Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Aim. The aim of the study is to present the meaning, potential of use and legal issues related to the use of complementary, alternative and integrative...

Borders between integrative medicine and EBM: significance, potential for use and legal issues in European Union member states. Narrative review

Published Online: Jun 24, 2022

Page range: 122 - 132

Received: Oct 06, 2021

Accepted: Oct 28, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2022-0014

Keywords
complementary therapies, integrative medicine, European Union, legislation, patient safety

© 2022 Aneta Brygida Jędrzejewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Borders between integrative medicine and EBM: significance, potential for use and legal issues in European Union member states. Narrative review

Published Online: Jun 24, 2022

Page range: 122 - 132

Received: Oct 06, 2021

Accepted: Oct 28, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2022-0014

Keywordscomplementary therapies, integrative medicine, European Union, legislation, patient safety

© 2022 Aneta Brygida Jędrzejewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
complementary therapies, integrative medicine, European Union, legislation, patient safety