Italian High Council of Health, Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2011;2011:382961. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nep048. Epub 2010 Dec 27.
In Italy, the use of non conventional medicines (NCMs) is spreading among people as in the rest of Europe. Sales of alternative remedies are growing, and likewise the number of medical doctors (MDs) who practise NCM/complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). However, in Italy as in other countries of the European Union, at the present time the juridical/legal status of NCM/CAM is not well established, mainly due to the lack of any national law regulating NCM/CAM professional training, practice and public supply and the absence of government-promoted scientific research in this field. This is an obstacle to safeguarding the patient's interests and freedom of choice, especially now that dissatisfaction with biomedicine is inclining more and more people to look for a holistic and patient-centered form of medicine.
在意大利，非传统药物（NCMs）的使用正在像在欧洲其他地区一样普及。替代疗法的销售正在增长，同时实践 NCM/补充和替代医学（CAM）的医生人数也在增加。然而，与其他欧盟国家一样，目前 NCM/CAM 的法律地位尚未得到很好的确定，主要是因为缺乏任何规范 NCM/CAM 专业培训、实践和公共供应的国家法律，以及政府在这一领域缺乏促进科学研究。这是保护患者利益和选择自由的障碍，尤其是现在，对生物医学的不满使越来越多的人倾向于寻求整体和以患者为中心的医学形式。
