Are there any countries on the planet that do n't practice general medicine ?
The Cochrane Collaboration Complementary Medicine Field explains its " Scope and Topics " by giving a broad and general definition for complementary medicine as including practices and ideas which are outside the domain of conventional medicine in several countries and defined by its users as preventing or treating illness , or promoting health and well being , and which complement mainstream medicine in three ways : by contributing to a common whole , by satisfying a demand not met by conventional practices , and by diversifying the conceptual framework of medicine .