An expert panel at a conference hosted in 1995 by the US Office for Alternative Medicine (OAM), devised a theoretical definition of alternative medicine as "a broad domain of healing resources ... other than those intrinsic to the politically dominant health system of a particular society or culture in a given historical period".
Et ekspertpanel på en konference i 1995 afholdt af US Office for Alternative Medicin (OAM), udtænkte en teoretisk definition på alternativ medicin som "et bredt felt af behandlingsformer , der ikke allerede findes i det dominerede sundhedssystem i et bestemt samfund eller kultur i en given historisk periode".