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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA
RAND
2008, 2008
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| Series: | Rand Corporation monograph series
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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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 |
| Physical Description: | xix, 171 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780833045591 0833045598 9786612451287 6612451289 1282451286 9781282451285 |