Providing leadership in complementary medicine research: Introducing the Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM), Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney

摘要

An integral component of national and global health research systems is the development of the capacity to undertake health research effectively (Lansang and Dennis 2004). Such research capacity building is also essential for producing a sound evidence base that is relevant to, and of benefit for, practice and policy decision-making (Cooke 2005). This is as important for complementary medicine (CM), including herbal medicine, as for conventional medicine (Adams et al 2012a).