Hospital-based integrative medicine a case study of the barriers and factors facilitating the creation of a center

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, f...

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Main Author: Coulter, Ian D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND 2008, 2008
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series
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Summary: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
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
Physical Description:xix, 171 pages illustrations
ISBN:9780833045591
0833045598
9786612451287
6612451289
1282451286
9781282451285