Tag:healthcare=alternative
 healthcare = alternative
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A facility where alternative or complementary medicine is practiced: e.g. acupuncture, chiropractic, naturopathy, etc. 
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Status: approved
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The tag healthcare=alternative is used to map a facility for alternative medicine, also known as complementary medicine, integrative medicine, holistic medicine, natural medicine, etc.
This tag is used to map a facility where alternative or complementary medicine services are provided by a practictioner who is not a nurse or physician. Examples include acupuncture, chiropractic, naturopathy, physiatry, traditional Chinese medicine, etc.
How to map
Set a node 
placed at the centrepoint of the facility, or draw as an area 
drawn around the perimeter.
Add healthcare=alternative and the name=*, if there is a commonly used name.
healthcare:speciality=* can be added to specify the kind of alternative healthcare specialty which is practiced at the feature:
e.g. healthcare:speciality=chiropractic, healthcare:speciality=acupuncture, healthcare:speciality=naturopathy, healthcare:speciality=traditional_chinese_medicine - see a longer list of proposed values
Tags to use in combination
addr:*=*- Addressphone=*/contact:phone=*- A telephone number associated with the object. Use +CC XXX XXX XXX format, where CC is a country codewebsite=*/contact:website=*- Specifies the link to the official website for a featureopening_hours=*- Describes when something is open or closed in a standard formatoperator=*- Сompany, corporation, person or any other entity who is directly in charge of the current operation of a map objectwheelchair=*- Indicate if a special place can be used with wheelchairs Show/edit corresponding data item
Specialities
May also be used for healthcare=doctor and other healthcare=*.
Attention, the specialities here may be used additional to medical facilities.
But on its own the alternative healthcare cannot ensure proper and state-of-the-art healthcare.
Therefore the tag healthcare:=* is very misleading. Some of this practices may even be dangerous for the human health.
See also
healthcare=counselling- A facility where health counselling is provided, e.g. dietitian, nutrition, addictionhealthcare=midwife- A facility where healthcare is provided by a midwife, a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirthamenity=health_post- tag for a health facility without a nurse or physicianamenity=doctorsoramenity=clinic- outpatient medical facilities where a physician (medical doctor) is available.healthcare=nurse- A facility where a trained health professional (nurse) provides healthcare, who is not a physicianamenity=social_facility- A facility that provides social servicesshop=esoteric- A shop selling esoteric paraphernalia such as crystals, pendants, books, incense, oils, etc.
External links
- Alternative medicine on Wikipedia