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Komplementäre Therapieverfahren

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Gemäß einer Definition des “National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine„ der National Institutes of Health (NIH) in den USA handelt es sich bei alternativmedizinischen Therapieverfahren um Maßnahmen, die anstelle der konventionellen Therapie durchgeführt werden. Demgegenüber werden komplementärmedizinische Therapien ergänzend zur konventionellen Therapie angewendet (http://nccam.nih.gov/).

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