Building an Evidence-Base for TCM and Integrative East-West Medicine: A Review of Recent Developments in Innovative Research Design
Authors
Sonya Pritzker
UCLA Center for East West Medicine; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Ka Hui
UCLA Center for East West Medicine; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Keywords:
Chinese Medicine (TCM), Research, Evidence-Based Medicine, Integrative Medicine (IM)
Abstract
There are many challenges to developing an evidence base for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Integrative East-West Medicine. This article offers a review of these challenges alongside an introduction and review of several innovations in healthcare research that have successfully been applied to the study of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Integrative Medicine. Such innovations include developments in Whole Systems Research, Comparative Effectiveness Research, Health Services Research, and qualitative Social Sciences Research. Each of these approaches expands upon conventional approaches to clinical research and can also be combined with clinical trial data to yield a mixed-methods approach. We conclude with a commentary on the necessity for such mixed methods studies in the continued establishment of an evidence base for TCM and IM.
Keywords: Chinese Medicine (TCM), Research, Evidence-Based Medicine, Integrative Medicine (IM)
Click on "Archives" to access the full archive of scientific preprints. You may use the categories and the search functionality to find select preprints you're interested in.
