complementary therapies

Preferred Label : complementary therapies;

MeSH definition : Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment.;

MeSH synonym : therapies, complementary; therapy, complementary;

CISMeF synonym : complementary and alternative medicines;

CISMeF acronym : CAM;

MeSH hyponym : complementary medicine; alternative therapies; alternative medicine; Medicine, Complementary; Medicine, Alternative; Therapies, Alternative; Therapy, Alternative;

MeSH annotation : General or unspecified; prefer specifics; not for alternative health care delivery system ( DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE) or specific health service.;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative medicine;

Details

Origin ID

D000529;

UMLS CUI

C0936077;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Alternative Medicine [IAB term]
- Alternative medicines (navigational concept) [SNOMED CT concept]
- CALM1 wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- Calmodulin [NCIt concept]
- Cataract 5, multiple types [OMIM Phenotype]
- Cell Adhesion Molecule [NCIt concept]
- Cell adhesion molecule [FMA entity]
- Cerebrofacial arteriovenous metameric syndrome [ORDO Disease]
- Colobomatous microphthalmia [ORDO Disease]
- Complementary Therapies [DeCS]
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine [NCIt concept]
- Complementary medicine [EDAM topic]
- Complementary medicine [HPMULTI category]
- Complementary medicine [HPMULTI term]
- Computer aided manufacturing [UNESCO concept]
- Cyclophosphamide/Doxorubicin/Methotrexate [NCIt concept]
- KRIT1 ankyrin repeat containing [ORDO Gene]
- KRIT1 wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- MARCKS wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- Macau [NCIt concept]
- Maceration [ICNP subject]
- Membrane Attack Complex [NCIt concept]
- Racial Melanosis [NCIt concept]
- Raincoat (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- alternative medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
- complementary and alternative therapies [MedlinePlus Group]
- complementary and integrative medicine [MedlinePlus Topic]
- maceration [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Complementary therapy (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- complementary medicine [Q-code]
False automatic mappings
- Cerebral cavernous malformations [OMIM Phenotype]
- Krev Interaction Trapped Protein 1 [NCIt concept]
- MAC Regimen [NCIt concept]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- cancer alternative therapies [MedlinePlus Topic]
- complementary and integrative medicine [MedlinePlus Topic]
Metaterm(s)
- alternative medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- alternative medicine [MeSH concept]
- alternative therapies [MeSH concept]
- complementary medicine [MeSH concept]
- complementary therapies [MeSH concept]
See also
- Iridology [DeCS]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Complementary therapy (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- complementary medicine [Q-code]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- patient culture [Q-code]

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