Legal Status of Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine: A Worldwide Review
Author: World Health Organization
Date Published: 2001
This large document prepared by the World Health Organization attempts to document national recognition and regulation of traditional and complementary/alternative medicine in several different countries. It provides information on the legal status of traditional and complementary/alternative medicine and is intended to facilitate the development of legal frameworks and the sharing of experiences between countries by introducing what some countries have done in terms of regulating these medicines.