Perception, attitude, and demand for Korean medicine and Western medicine collaborative treatment of medical occupational groups in Korea: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Korea, there exists a dual medical license system whereby both traditional Korean medicine and Western medicine doctors practice independently. In 2009, via medical law revision, cross employment was allowed to activate Korean medicine and Western medicine collaborative treatment (KWCT). Despite its several advantages, there are several barriers to a well-organized KWCT. To activate KWCT, we investigated perception, attitude, demand of medical occupational groups and research gap via scoping review.

Methods

Scoping review is an emerging methodology for knowledge synthesis adopting the Arksey and O'Malley framework. The research question was "What is known about perception, attitude, demand, and research gap on KWCT?" We searched articles published from 2009 to

SUBMITTER: Leem J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476236 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature