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Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy

By: Joseph E. Pizzorno & Ather Ali
In: Encyclopedia of Global Health
Edited by: Yawei Zhang
Subject:Public Health (general), Public Health Education & Health Promotion
Keywords:conventional medicine; healing; herbal medicine; hydrotherapy; licensure; medicine; physicians

Naturopathic medicine is a distinctly licensed medical profession in the United States. Practitioners are known as Naturopathic Physicians, Naturopathic Doctors, or Doctors of Naturopathic Medicine, abbreviated as ND or NMD It is a “vitalistic” profession, meaning its core ...

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  Pizzorno, J., & Ali, A. (2008). Naturopathic medicine/naturopathy. In Y. Zhang (Ed.), Encyclopedia of global health (Vol. 1, pp. 1209-1210). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n849
  
  Pizzorno, Joseph E., and Ather Ali. "Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy." In Encyclopedia of Global Health, edited by Zhang, Yawei, 1209-10. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n849.
  
  Pizzorno, J. and Ali, A. 2008. Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy. In: Yawei Zhang Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Global Health, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1209-1210 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n849> [Accessed 18 Apr 2021].
  
  Pizzorno, Joseph E. and Ather Ali. "Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy." Encyclopedia of Global Health. Edited by Yawei Zhang. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 1209-10. SAGE Knowledge. 18 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n849.
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