Hospital-based integrative medicine: a case study of the barriers and factors facilitating the creation of a center
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND 2008
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series
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Item Description:"Supported by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.". - "MG-591-NCCAM"--Page 4 of cover. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171)
This study tracks the establishment of a single hospital-based integrative medicine center. Although some factors clearly worked in favor of the center, the hospital had few models to guide it and no experience in creating such a clinic. Thus, it made many decisions in the areas of administration, finance, and legal issues that created barriers to the center's success, and the center was ultimately closed
Introduction -- The Study -- Creation and Development -- Implementation and Operation -- The Demise of the Center -- Evaluation -- Conclusions: Facilitators and Barriers -- Appendix A: Expert Panel -- Appendix B: Brief Time Line
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 171 pages)
ISBN:0833045598
0833048198
9780833045591
9780833048196

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