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Overview of international naturopathic practice and patient characteristics: results from a cross-sectional study in 14 countries
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, Vol.20(1), pp.1-12
18/02/2020
PMCID: PMC7076821
PMID: 32070338
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Abstract
Background: Naturopathy is a distinct system of traditional and complementary medicine recognized by the World Health Organization and defined by its philosophic approach to patient care, rather than the treatments used by practitioners. Worldwide, over 98 countries have practicing naturopaths, representing 36% of all countries and every world region. The contributions of naturopaths to healthcare delivery services internationally has not been previously examined. Thus, the primary intention of this research was to conduct an international survey of naturopathic practice and patient characteristics in order to gain insight to the breadth of their practices and the type of clinical conditions routinely encountered.
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- Title
- Overview of international naturopathic practice and patient characteristics: results from a cross-sectional study in 14 countries
- Creators
- Amie Steel - University of Technology SydneyHope Foley - University of Technology SydneyRyan Bradley - University of Technology SydneyClaudine Van De Venter - University of Technology SydneyIva Lloyd - World Naturopathic FederationJanet Schloss - University of Technology SydneyJon Wardle - University of Technology SydneyRebecca Reid - University of Technology Sydney
- Publication Details
- BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, Vol.20(1), pp.1-12
- Publisher
- BioMed Central Ltd.
- Grant note
- This project was funded by the World Naturopathic Federation (WNF).
- Identifiers
- 991013035761302368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article