Sonia Baccetti

TL;DR: Mapping of the centres across Europe is an essential step in the process of creating a European network of centres, experts and professionals constantly engaged in the field of integrative oncology, in order to increase, share and disseminate the knowledge in this field and provide evidence-based practice.

TL;DR: The Regional Health Plan of Tuscany aims to guarantee definitive integration in the Regional Health Service of types of non-conventional medicine which are supported by a sufficient level of scientific evidence to allow them to be defined as forms of complementary medicine.

TL;DR: The integration of evidence-based complementary treatments allows for an effective response to the demand coming from cancer patients and combines safety and equity of access in public health systems.

TL;DR: This paper describes collaboration between the region of Tuscany and Cuba, Western Sahara, Senegal and Serbia, which has introduced various forms of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, including homeopathy and Traditional Chinese Medicine into primary healthcare particularly obstetrics, and into veterinary medicine.

TL;DR: A document of agreement has been approved in the last months to define the necessary criteria for admission to the list of general surgeons and dental surgeons, veterinary surgeons and pharmacists practising complementary medicine and also the accreditation criteria of the Public and Private Establishments for training in the single disciplines of complementary medicine.