1st Edition

Handbook of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine Education, Practice, and Research Volume 2: Professional Practice & Regulations

By Yaser Al-Worafi Copyright 2025
375 Pages
by CRC Press

375 Pages
by CRC Press

Six volumes combine to make up the Handbook of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine: Education, Practice and Research , which describes the education, practice, and research-related issues of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine; and its efficacy and safety in treating diseases and health conditions. Further the volumes review integrative medicine around the... Read more

Chapter 1. History of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice

 

Chapter 2. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Terminologies

 

Chapter 3. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Regulations Worldwide

 

Chapter 4. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Types

 

Chapter 5. Integrative of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

 

Chapter 6. Herbal medicines

 

Chapter 7. Herbal Medicines industry 

 

Chapter 8. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice: Workforce Issues

 

Chapter 9. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice: Licensing/relicensing requirements

 

Chapter 10. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice: Interprofessional Practice

 

Chapter 11. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice: Access/Equitable Access to the Services

 

Chapter 12. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice: Quality of Services

 

Chapter 13. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice: Continuous Professional Development

 

Chapter 14. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice: Impact of COVID-19 & Pandemics

 

Chapter 15. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Services Prices/Cost

 

Chapter 16. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Prevalence

 

Chapter 17. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Reasons/Motivations

 

Chapter 18. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice: Technology

 

Chapter 19. Health Care Professionals and Patients/public Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice

 

Chapter 20. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practice: Achievements, Challenges and Recommendations

Biography

Prof. Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the College of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology of Fujairah, UAE (Previously known as Ajman University). He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy (BPharm) from Sana’a University, Yemen and earned his Master's and PhD degrees in Clinical Pharmacy from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia. Prof. Yaser has many postgraduate program certificates including: Training to Teach in Medicine 2023 from Harvard Medical School, Harvard University and Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching from The Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching (CAULLT). He has more than 20 years’ experiences in education, practice, and research in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Malaysia. He has held various academic and professional positions including Deputy Dean and acting dean for Medical Sciences College and Pharmacy College; PharmD program director, Head of Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice department; Head of Teaching & Learning Committee, Head of Training Committee, Head of Curriculum Committee and other committees. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, editing/authoring more than 30 books and 800 book chapters published by Springer, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, USA. Prof.Yaser has supervised/co-supervised many PhD, Master's, PharmD and B-Pharm students. He is a reviewer for eight recognized international peer-reviewed journals. Prof. Yaser taught, prepared, designed, and wrote many pharmacy programs for many universities including Master of Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice program; PharmD program and BPharm program; internship/clerkships for Master, PharmD and BPharm programs; more than 30 courses related to Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice, Social Pharmacy and Patient Care.