WHO’s misguided push for complementary and alternative medicine

2026/06/30 by Cyriac Abby Philips, Timothy Caulfield, Catherine de Jong +2 · 1 voice
Medicine · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies #Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies #Herbal Medicine Research Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj-2026-100062

Abstract

<i>Use of traditional medicine must follow evidence of efficacy and safety</i>

Citations

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