Concept information
Preferred term
osteopathy
Definition
- Osteopathy is a system of medicine that is distinct in a philosophical approach to patient care in health and in sickness. Doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) are fully-recognized physicians licensed to practice medicine in any of the recognized specialties in the United States and in Canada, as well as some other countries of the world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Osteopathy]
Broader concept
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/osteopathy
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