Building an Evidence-Base for TCM and Integrative East-West Medicine: A Review of Recent Developments in Innovative Research Design

Sonya Pritzker；Ka Kit Hui

Chinese Medicine (TCM) ； Research ； Evidence-Based Medicine ； Integrative Medicine (IM)

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

2卷3期（2012 / 07 / 01）

158 - 163

英文

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.

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