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Shuval JT, Averbuch E. Complementary and alternative health care in Israel. Isr J Health Policy Res. 2012;1(1):7doi: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-7.
Shuval, J. T., & Averbuch, E. (2012). Complementary and alternative health care in Israel. Israel journal of health policy research, 1(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/2045-4015-1-7
Shuval, Judith T, and Averbuch, Emma. "Complementary and alternative health care in Israel." Israel journal of health policy research vol. 1,1 (2012): 7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/2045-4015-1-7
Shuval JT, Averbuch E. Complementary and alternative health care in Israel. Isr J Health Policy Res. 2012 Feb 20;1(1):7. doi: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-7. PMID: 22913721; PMCID: PMC3424827.
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Isr J Health Policy Res. 2012 Feb 20;1(1):7. doi: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-7.

Complementary and alternative health care in Israel.

Israel journal of health policy research

Judith T Shuval, Emma Averbuch

Affiliations

  1. Rose Chair in the Sociology of Health, School of Public Health and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Avizohar 8-671, Jerusalem 96267, Israel. [email protected].

PMID: 22913721 PMCID: PMC3424827 DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-7

Abstract

The paper explores the patterns of coexistence of alternative/complementary health care (CAM) and conventional medicine in Israel in the cultural, political, and social contexts of the society. The data are drawn from over ten years of sociological research on CAM in Israel, which included observation, survey research, and over one hundred in-depth interviews with a variety of CAM practitioners - many with bio-medical credentials - and with policy makers in the major medical institutions. The analysis considers the reasons for CAM use, number of practitioners, the frequency of CAM use and some of its correlates, and how CAM is regulated. The structure of the relationship between the conventional health care system and CAM is discussed in the public sector, which provides two-thirds of CAM services, and in the private sector, which provides about one-third. The history of the development of these structures and some of the dilemmas of their operation are discussed. A number of policy issues are considered against this background: regulation and licensing, CAM in primary care, reimbursement for CAM treatment, and the inclusion of CAM in education and training for the health professions.

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