Table 1.
Search terms used in Ovid MEDLINE for attitudes to the regulation of traditional and complementary medicine professions
| Traditional and complementary medicine | Regulation | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exp complementary therapies/ | (Accreditation adj20 (profession* OR practitioner)).mp |
| 2 | Complementary medicine.mp | (Certification adj20 (profession* OR practitioner)).mp |
| 3 | Complementary therap*.mp | (Consumer protection adj20 (profession* OR practitioner)).mp |
| 4 | Alternative medicine.mp | Credential?ing.mp |
| 5 | Alternative therap*.mp | Government regulation/ |
| 6 | Natural medicine.mp | Government regulation.mp |
| 7 | Natural therap*.mp | (Healthcare reform adj20 (profession* OR practitioner)).mp |
| 8 | Acupuncture/ | (Health care reform adj20 (profession* OR practitioner)).mp |
| 9 | Acupunctur*.mp | Health care regulation.mp |
| 10 | Aromatherapy/ | Healthcare regulation.mp |
| 11 | Aromatherap*.mp | (Health policy adj20 (profession* OR practitioner)).mp |
| 12 | Ayurved*.mp | Legislation/ |
| 13 | Chiropractic/ | (Legislati* adj20 (profession* OR practitioner)).mp |
| 14 | Manipulation chiropractic/ | Licensure/ |
| 15 | Chiropract*.mp | (Licensure adj20 (profession* OR practitioner)).mp |
| 16 | Herbal medicine/ | Occupation* registration.mp |
| 17 | Herbalis*.mp | Occupation* regulation.mp |
| 18 | Herbal medicine practitioner*.mp | Professionali?ation.mp |
| 19 | Phytotherap*.mp | (Registration adj20 (practitioner OR profession*)).mp |
| 20 | Homeopath*.mp | (Regulation adj20 (practitioner OR profession*)).mp |
| 21 | Homoeopath*.mp | Risk governance.mp |
| 22 | Massage/ | Risk perception.mp |
| 23 | Massage.mp | Risk understanding.mp |
| 24 | Naturopath*.mp | Statutory registration.mp |
| 25 | Osteopathic physicians/ | Statutory regulation.mp |
| 26 | Osteopathic medicine/ | |
| 27 | Osteopath*.mp | |
| 28 | Exp medicine, east asian traditional/ | |
| 29 | Traditional chinese medicine.mp | |
| 30 | Traditional medicine.mp | |
| 31 | African healing.mp | |
| 32 | African medicine.mp | |
| 33 | Arabic healing.mp | |
| 34 | Arabic medicine.mp | |
| 35 | Indian healing.mp | |
| 36 | Indian medicine.mp | |
| 37 | Japanese medicine.mp | |
| 38 | Japanese healing.mp | |
| 39 | Kampo medicine.mp | |
| 40 | Korean medicine.mp | |
| 41 | Sidda medicine.mp | |
| 42 | Tibetan medicine.mp | |
| 43 | Unani medicine.mp | |
| 44 | Yunani medicine.mp |