Scientific principles and rigorous processes should be followed in developing clinical guidelines for therapeutic interventions of integrative medicine
Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510120, China. gzxuntcm@pub.guangzhou.gd.cn
Abstract:
A clinical guideline for the therapeutic interventions of integrative medicine may be defined as a written document which states a series of recommendations on therapeutic interventions of integrative medicine for a special disease or condition. The guideline may provide assistance to medical professionals in making clinical decisions aimed at improving the clinical outcome of patients and reducing the costs of medical care(1-4).