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CAM research in Britain: the last 10 years
1Complementary Medicine Department, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, 25 Victoria Park Road, Exeter EX2 4NT, UK. edzard.ernst@pms.ac.uk
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
|June 30, 2005
Summary
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research has a long history in Europe, but has only recently gained respectability in the U.K. This review covers a decade of CAM research in Britain.
Area of Science:
- Integrative medicine
- Evidence-based practice
- Holistic health approaches
Background:
- Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research traditions vary globally.
- Continental Europe has a long history of CAM studies, often published in non-English languages.
- The U.K. has seen a recent rise in the scientific investigation of CAM over the past decade.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the landscape of complementary and alternative medicine research in Britain.
- To highlight the progression and integration of CAM into scientific inquiry within the U.K.
- To provide an overview of CAM research conducted in the U.K. over a ten-year period.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of CAM studies published in the U.K.
- Analysis of research trends and methodologies in British CAM investigations.
- Synthesis of findings from a decade of CAM research in Britain.
Main Results:
- CAM research in Britain has significantly expanded in the last ten years.
- Homoeopathy studies, for example, have a longer publication history in Europe.
- CAM is increasingly recognized as a valid area for scientific study in the U.K.
Conclusions:
- CAM research in the U.K. has matured into a distinct field of scientific inquiry.
- The review underscores the growing acceptance and investigation of CAM within the British scientific community.
- Further research is needed to fully understand the scope and impact of CAM in Britain.