1st Edition

Handbook of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine Education, Practice and Research, Vol.6: Education, Practice and Research Around the World

Edited By Yaser Al-Worafi Copyright 2026
774 Pages
by CRC Press

774 Pages
by CRC Press

Presenting information on more than 30 countries, this book addresses Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine (CAM) education, practice, and research issues, and regulations and laws, prevalence, and workforce issues, among other topics. It is Volume 6 of six that describe the education, practice and research-related issues and the efficacy and safety of CAM in treating various... Read more

Preface

 

Chapter 1: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in UK
Zachariah Nazar, Paul Rutter, Asmita Sautreau, Farhat Hussain, Tesnime Jebara and Derek Stewart.

Chapter 2: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Qatar
Zachariah Nazar, Feras Qasem Alali, Farhat Naz Hussain, Tesnime Jebara, Zainab Almusleh and Derek Stewart

 

Chapter 3: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Turkey
Zehra Gok Metin and Merve Gulbhar Eren

 

Chapter 4: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Iran
Babak Daneshfard, Ebrahim Khadem, Ali Abdolahinia, Alireza Asghari, Morteza Mojahedi and Aliakbar Velayati

 

Chapter 5: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in South Africa
Neelaveni Padayachee, Sunaina Indermun and Kenechukwu Obikeze

 

Chapter 6: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Nepal
Nigam Paudel, Puneshwor Keshari, Janak Bahadur Basnet, Prem Narayan Srivastav and P. Ravi Shankar

 

Chapter 7: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Malaysia
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, Abdulkareem Mohammed Al-Shami, Khaled Mohammed Alakhali, Abdullah Ahmed Dhabali, Muhammad Junaid Farrukh, Mohd Shahezwan Abd Wahab, Shazia Jamshed, Gamil Othman and Long Chiau Ming.

 

Chapter 8: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Indonesia
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi and Andi Hermansyah

 

Chapter 9: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in United States
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi and Tareq Al-maqtari

 

Chapter 10: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Canada
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi and Faisal Mohammad Ali Abdalla

Chapter 11: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Australia
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi and Lakshy Ganesh

 

Chapter 12: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in China
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, Farman Ullah Khan, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi and Faiz Ullah Khan

 

Chapter 13: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Pakistan
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, Fatima Zahoor, Tawseef Ahmad and Faiz Ullah Khan

 

Chapter 14: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in India
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi and Abubakar Siddique Mustafa Hussain

 

Chapter 15: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Bangladesh
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi and Md. Moklesur Rahman Sarker

 

Chapter 16: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Sri Lanka
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 17: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Thailand
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 18: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Latin America
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 19: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Egypt
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 20: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Sudan
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 21: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Ethiopia
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 22: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Nigeria
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 23: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Morocco
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 24: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Greece
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 25: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in France
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 26: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Italy
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 27: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Germany
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 28: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Russia
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 29: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Spain
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 30: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Switzerland
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 31: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Yemen
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, Gamil Othman, Khaled Mohammed Alakhali and Abdullah Ahmed Dhabali.

 

Chapter 32: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Saudi Arabia
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 33: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in United Arab Emirates
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 34: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Oman
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 35: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Jordan
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi

 

Chapter 36: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) in Lebanon
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, Gamil Othman, Khaled Mohammed Alakhali and Abdullah Ahmed Dhabali

 

Acknowledgments

Biography

Prof. Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at College of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology of Fujairah, UAE (Previously known as Ajman University) and University of Science and Technology, Yemen. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (BPharm) from Sana’a University, Yemen and obtained Master’s and PhD degrees in Clinical Pharmacy from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia. He has more than 20 years’ experience in education, practice and research in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Malaysia. He has held various academic and professional positions including: Head of Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice department; Head of Teaching and Learning committee, Head of Training committee and other committees. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, book chapters and edited many books, one book published by Elsevier in June, 2020 and one Handbook accepted by Springer. Prof.Yaser has supervised/co-supervised many PhD, Master, PharmD and B-Pharm students. He is a reviewer for eight recognized international peer-reviewed journals. Prof. Yaser prepared and wrote the first draft of Master of Clinical pharmacy program and PharmD internship manual. Prof. Yaser was a member of the founding committee of the integrated PharmD curriculum at Unizah College of Pharmacy.