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CAM-summaries
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CAM systematic reviews
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CAM and the law
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Introduction
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Legal overview
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Who may treat sick people?
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Who may provide CAM therapies?
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Where is CAM legally regulated?
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How are health personnel legally regulated?
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How responsible professional conduct is defined and supervised?
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How can CAM providers be "safe" without regulating them?
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How patients are safeguarded when there is no regulation or registration?
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Herbal products, legal regulation
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Reimbursement, legal regulation
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Regulation of medical practise
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Regulation of herbal products
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Legal regulation
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Prevalence of CAM use
Reimbursement, legal regulation
The National Health Insurance systems in most European countries do not reimburse CAM treatment, but there are a few exceptions, mostly when physicians have prescribed the treatment. There are private insurance systems in a number of the countries that more or less cover CAM treatment. Most of them, similar to the national health insurance systems, only do this when physicians have prescribed the treatment.