national center for complementary and alternative medicine five-year strategic plan 2001–2005

1980
The Texas nurse Charlotte McGuire founds the
American Holistic Nurses’ Association.

1980s to the present
The American public begins to show signs of disil-
lusionment with conventional health care and

turns to newly flourishing alternatives including

chiropractic, homeopathy, herbalism, massage,

Reiki, aromatherapy, bodywork, bioenergetic

modalities, and other disciplines embracing the

idea of mind-body connection.

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