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Medical Ethnobotany in Europe: From Field Ethnography to a More Culturally Sensitive Evidence-Based CAM?
Joint Authors
Quave, Cassandra L.
Pieroni, Andrea
Pardo-de-Santayana, Manuel
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-07-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
European folk medicine has a long and vibrant history, enriched with the various documented uses of local and imported plants and plant products that are often unique to specific cultures or environments.
In this paper, we consider the medicoethnobotanical field studies conducted in Europe over the past two decades.
We contend that these studies represent an important foundation for understanding local small-scale uses of CAM natural products and allow us to assess the potential for expansion of these into the global market.
Moreover, we discuss how field studies of this nature can provide useful information to the allopathic medical community as they seek to reconcile existing and emerging CAM therapies with conventional biomedicine.
This is of great importance not only for phytopharmacovigilance and managing risk of herb-drug interactions in mainstream patients that use CAM, but also for educating the medical community about ethnomedical systems and practices so that they can better serve growing migrant populations.
Across Europe, the general status of this traditional medical knowledge is at risk due to acculturation trends and the urgency to document and conserve this knowledge is evident in the majority of the studies reviewed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Quave, Cassandra L.& Pardo-de-Santayana, Manuel& Pieroni, Andrea. 2012. Medical Ethnobotany in Europe: From Field Ethnography to a More Culturally Sensitive Evidence-Based CAM?. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1028125
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Quave, Cassandra L.…[et al.]. Medical Ethnobotany in Europe: From Field Ethnography to a More Culturally Sensitive Evidence-Based CAM?. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1028125
American Medical Association (AMA)
Quave, Cassandra L.& Pardo-de-Santayana, Manuel& Pieroni, Andrea. Medical Ethnobotany in Europe: From Field Ethnography to a More Culturally Sensitive Evidence-Based CAM?. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1028125
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1028125