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. 2011 Nov;9(11):1161-4.
doi: 10.3736/jcim20111101.

Introduction of the World Health Organization project of the International Classification of Traditional Medicine

Peng-fei Gao  1 , Kenji Watanabe
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Introduction of the World Health Organization project of the International Classification of Traditional Medicine

Peng-fei Gao et al. Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

The World Health Organization plans to incorporate "traditional medicine" into the next revision of its International Classification of Diseases-Version 11 (ICD-11). If traditional medicine is included in ICD-11, it is definitely an epoch-making issue. The expected result is the International Classification of Traditional Medicine, China, Japan and Korea Version (ICTM-CJK). The intention of the ICTM project is not only beneficial for traditional medical components, but also might be beneficial for Western biomedicine. For this shared purpose, China, Japan and Korea must understand the meaning of this project and collaborate to develop it.

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