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Future Trends in Use — Focus on Transcendental Meditation as a Traditional System of Natural Medicine

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Prediction of the future can be a daunting task. It is unlikely that 20 years ago many physicians would have predicted the explosive growth in the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) that has occurred in the past two decades. Nevertheless, there are certain trends in the use of CAM that may be important to note.

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  1. Division of Geriatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami VA, Medical Center (11A), 1201 NW 16th St., 33125, Miami, FL, USA

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Schneider, R.H., Salerno, J.W., Nidich, S.I. (2003). Future Trends in Use — Focus on Transcendental Meditation as a Traditional System of Natural Medicine. In: Cherniack, E.P., Cherniack, N. (eds) Alternative Medicine for the Elderly. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05185-6_6

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