Barriers to the conduct and application of research in complementary and alternative medicine: a systematic review

Table 5 Barriers to the conduct of research

First author, year	Publication type OR study design	Country	Discipline focus OR General CAM	Capacity			Culture
First author, year	Publication type OR study design	Country	Discipline focus OR General CAM	Access	Competency	Bias	Values	Complex system
Ahn et al. 2010	Opinion	USA	General CAM	●	●			●
Bensoussan & Lewith 2004	Opinion	Australia	General CAM	●	●	●	●	●
Ernst 1999	Opinion	UK	General CAM	●	●	●	●
Ernst 2003	Opinion	UK	General CAM	●		●	●	●
Evans 2007	Opinion	Australia	General CAM	●	●	●	●	●
Giordano, Engebretson & Garcia 2005	Opinion	USA	General CAM	●	●	●	●	●
Jonas 2005	Opinion	USA	General CAM	●	●	●	●	●
Lewith & Holgate 2000	Opinion	USA	General CAM	●	●	●	●	●
Long & Mercer 1999	Opinion	UK	General CAM	●		●	●	●
Nahin &Strauss 2001	Opinion	UK	General CAM	●		●	●	●
Rosner 2000	Opinion	USA	General CAM	●	●	●
Shekelle et al. 2005	Opinion	USA	General CAM	●		●		●
Steel & McEwen 2013	Opinion	Australia	General CAM	●	●	●	●
Wardle & Adams 2013	Descriptive Research	Australia	General CAM	●		●	●	●

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