Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in Brazil

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Authors

Patrícia de Moraes Mello Boccolini · Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis

Cristiano Siqueira Boccolini · Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

Abstract

We recommend that the Ministry of Health invests in capacity building for health professionals who work with CAM, providing structure for those practices in health services, increasing the access of CAM therapies for SUS users, and improving the registering of information about those therapies, encouraging the use of CAM by the Brazilian population.

Topics & Keywords

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

Volume 20, Issue 1, pp. 51-51

DOI: 10.1186/s12906-020-2842-8

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