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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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 
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 at Specialities for healthcare=alternative
Tags to use in combination
- addr:*=* - Address
- phone=* / contact:phone=* - A telephone number associated with the object. Use +CC XXX XXX XXX format, where CC is a country code
- website=* / contact:website=* - Specifies the link to the official website for a feature
- opening_hours=* - Describes when something is open or closed in a standard format
- operator=* - Сompany, corporation, person or any other entity who is directly in charge of the current operation of a map object
- wheelchair=* - Indicate if a special place can be used with wheelchairs Show/edit corresponding data item
See also
- healthcare=counselling - A facility where health counselling is provided, e.g. dietitian, nutrition, addiction
- healthcare=midwife - A facility where healthcare is provided by a midwife, a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth
- amenity=health_post - tag for a health facility without a nurse or physician
- amenity=doctors or amenity=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 physician
- amenity=social_facility - A facility that provides social services
- shop=esoteric - A shop selling esoteric paraphernalia such as crystals, pendants, books, incense, oils, etc.
External links
- Alternative medicine on Wikipedia