Growth of complementary medicine: a global perspective
Naturopathy has recently been defined as a system of primary care (Wardle, Adams, Lui and Steel, 2013) defined not by the substances it prescribes but rather by the values and principles that underpin and govern its practice. Hence, Wardle et al. (2013), as well as Wardle, Sibbritt, Broom, Steel and Adams (2016), make the claim that naturopathic medicine is best defined as an art, science, philosophy, practice of diagnosis, treatment strategy, committed to the prevention of illness.