Founding the International Society of Complementary Medicine Research
نویسنده
چکیده
© Oxford University Press 2004 *President, ISCMR, E-mail: [email protected] On November 22, 2003, delegates of the 10th Annual Symposium on Complementary Healthcare packed into the main lecture hall of the Royal College of Physicians in London to take a momentous step in the history of complementary medicine research. Sara Warber (USA) and Edzard Ernst (UK) chaired the meeting and began by introducing the Working Group for the International Society of Complementary Medicine Research. In addition to Warber and Ernst, the Working Group included Alan Bensoussan (Australia), Brian Berman (USA), Vinjar Fønnebø (Norway), Harley Goldberg (USA), Katherine Gundling (USA), George Lewith (UK), Kate Thomas (UK), Marja Verhoef (Canada) and Hitoshi Yamashita (Japan). During the past few months, this group had communicated via e-mail to prepare the following purpose and goals for the proposed Society.
منابع مشابه
The International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR): the Way Forward
This article describes the birth and development of the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR) from its inception in 2003. The society's main function is to facilitate the development of CAM research internationally and to use its networks, website, news flashes and newsletters to communicate with its members and bring CAM researchers together from all over the world.
متن کاملInteractive Meeting for Evidenced-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicines: a Report
with the Indian Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicines (IASTAM) organized an interactive meeting at NBRI on December 6th, 2004 to mark the visit of Professor Edwin L. Cooper, Founding Editor-in-Chief of eCAM and Professor of Comparative Neuroimmunology, Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California,...
متن کاملThe American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN): antecedents, founding, and early years.
Events leading to and the influences on the founding of the American Society for Neurochemistry are recounted, with emphasis on early activities of neurochemists in the United States, as well as the international activities, that led to the founding of both the International and American societies (in 1965 and 1969, respectively). The founding of the American Society for Neurochemistry in the p...
متن کاملComplementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use in Pediatric Diseases: A Short Review
CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) therapies have become increasingly popular in pediatric populations. phytotherapy are the most common CAM used in children. Yet, little is known about children’s preferences for CAM. But It is expected to become more widely integrated into the modern medical system, including the medical curriculum.The aim of this study is to introduce the prevalenc...
متن کاملComplementary Medicine Research: It Is Never Too Late for the Future.
When the founding fathers and mothers of our journal consulted – nearly a quarter of a century ago – about the plans of establishing a new journal with the scope of research in complementary medicine, the field was young in Germany and elsewhere. Dieter Melchart, one of the founders of the journal, had established the Münchner Modell only a few years ago, and I had just finished my PhD thesis. ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
دوره 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004