Acupuncturists: Referral and Communication Patterns with Mainstream Medical Professionals Bakow, Brianna R. author Kerr, Catherine E. author Heffron, Robert author Machan, Jason author Brown University Alpert Medical School Scholarly Concentration Program Integrative Medicine affiliation text Providence, RI Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 2015-05-22 Integrative Medicine As access to a variety of different types of medical information expands, patients in the United States, either in addition to or in lieu of Western mainstream medical treatments, are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Findings in 2008 conducted by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and the National Center for Health Statistics showed that in 2007, 38.3% of U.S. adults were using CAM. Research into how provider interaction between these two groups affects treatment decisions is extremely limited. Acupuncture Alternative medicine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License 10.26300/0a1z-7195