Set clinical therapeutic guideline in traditional medicine urgently.
- Author:
Jun SONG
1
;
Ke-ji CHEN
Author Information
1. Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100091. junsong86@sohu.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
China;
Evidence-Based Medicine;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
standards;
Practice Guidelines as Topic
- From:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
2006;26(7):581-584
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Traditional medicine (TM) has been practiced in China for several thousand years. To better standardize the behaviors of medical staff of TM, rapidly improve their professional level, effectively and reasonably distribute TM resources, decrease the unnecessary application of medical care and suppress the rapidly increasing medical expenses, it is necessary to urgently set clinical therapeutic guideline in TM under the direction of evidence based medicine (EBM). The article also discusses the main existing problems and their solutions in setting clinical therapeutic guideline in TM.