Introducing the Journal of Integrative Medicine

作     者：Wei-kang Zhao Lixing Lao Chang-quan Ling 

作者机构：Institute of Geriatrics Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Center for Integrative Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine School of Traditional Chinese Medicine Second Military Medical University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (结合医学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第11卷第1期

页      面：1-1页

学科分类：090603[农学-临床兽医学] 050302[文学-传播学] 05[文学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 09[农学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 0503[文学-新闻传播学] 

主　　题：Introducing the Journal of Integrative Medicine CAM 

摘      要：At the beginning of this New Year of 2013, we are very pleased to present the English edition of the Journal of Integrative Medicine （JIM）, a PubMed-indexed, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on integrative medicine. The JIM is a continuation of the former Chinese-language journal, the Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine （JCIM）, established in 2003 and published in Shanghai. Integrative medicine, grounded in patient-centered, evidence-based practice, incorporates the broad spectrum of complementary and alternative medicine （CAM） and includes acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, nutrition, chiropractic, mind-body medicine, taichi, qigong, and meditation, among other professions. In the past two decades, CAM has become one of the fastest growing branches of health care. CAM now commands attention worldwide and is rapidly being integrated into conventional medicine. China is the country in the world that has great number of scientists doing clinical and research work on integrative medicine. With this new, English-language publication, we are committed to make JIM an international platform for high-quality CAM papers and an open forum in which the different professions and international scholarly communities can exchange views, share research and their clinical experience, discuss CAM education, and confer about issues and problems in our various disciplines and in CAM as a whole in order to promote integrative medicine.