The increasing use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by the general population1–5 reflects a potentially positive involvement with self-care. This report describes the prevalence of CAM use in patients attending 6 different practices in Scotland. The findings indicate that CAM use in primary care attenders is even greater than in the general population.
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Featherstone et al. (2003) studied this question.