Corless I B, Abrams D, Nicholas P K, McGibbon C A
Graduate Department of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
AACN Clin Issues. 2000 Feb;11(1):4-6. doi: 10.1097/00044067-200002000-00002.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) was created by Congress in 1998 as part of the National Institutes of Health. As interest in alternative and complementary therapies among healthcare providers and consumers has increased in recent years, the NCCAM has provided research funding to determine the efficacy of various types of unconventional treatments. The Center also provides research training and acts as a clearing-house for information dissemination to practitioners and the general public. Inclusion and exclusion criteria for alternative and complementary medicine as defined by the NCCAM are provided. Interest in these non-traditional treatments will likely continue to increase over the next few years. The NCCAM is playing a vital role as it provides avenues to determine how these therapies can lead to enhanced quality of life for individuals as we enter the new millennium.
国家补充与替代医学中心（NCCAM）于1998年由国会设立，作为国立卫生研究院的一部分。近年来，医疗服务提供者和消费者对替代和补充疗法的兴趣有所增加，NCCAM已提供研究资金以确定各种非传统治疗方法的疗效。该中心还提供研究培训，并充当向从业者和公众传播信息的信息交换中心。文中给出了NCCAM所定义的替代和补充医学的纳入与排除标准。在未来几年，对这些非传统治疗方法的兴趣可能会持续增加。随着我们进入新千年，NCCAM正发挥着至关重要的作用，因为它提供了途径来确定这些疗法如何能提高个人的生活质量。
