Tag:healthcare=alternative

healthcare = 
Description
A facility where alternative or complementary medicine is practiced: e.g. acupuncture, chiropractic, naturopathy, etc. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: health
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: approvedPage for proposal
More details at taginfo
Tools for this tag

The tag healthcare= 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 node placed at the centrepoint of the facility, or draw as an area area drawn around the perimeter.

Add healthcare= 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

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