PSY 320 CH 14 - Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Evidence-Based Medicine | an approach to health care that promotes the collection, interpretation, and integration of the best research-based evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients |
| Holistic Medicine | an approach to medicine that considers not only physical health but also emotional, spiritual, social, and psychological well-being of the person |
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) | the use and practice of therapies or diagnostic techniques that fall outside of conventional biomedicine |
| Integrative Medicine | a multidisciplinary approach to medicine that involves traditional biomedical interventions as well as complementary and alternative medical practices that have been proven both safe and effective |
| Vitalism | the concept of a general life force, popular in some varieties of complementary and alternative medicine |
| Acupuncture | a component of traditional Oriental medicine in which fine needles are inserted into the skin in order to relieve pain, treat addiction and illness, and promote health |
| Hypnosis | a social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another that certain thoughts, feelings, perceptions, or behaviors will occur |
| Naturopathic Medicine | the system that aims to provide holistic health care by drawing from several traditional healing systems, including homeopathy, herbal remedies, and traditional Oriental medicine |
| Domain of CAM | alternative medical systems |
| Domain of CAM | mind-body interventions |
| Domain of CAM | biologically based therapies |
| Domain of CAM | manipulative and body-based therapies |
| Domain of CAM | energy therapies |
| Ideal of CAM - 1 | provide treatment that is natural |
| Ideal of CAM - 2 | provide treatment that is holistic |
| Ideal of CAM - 3 | provide treatment that promotes wellness |
| Traditional Oriental Medicine | an ancient, integrated herb and acupuncture based system of healing founded on the principle that internal harmony is essential for good health |
| 38% | What percent of Americans use CAM? |
| Back problems, anxiety, depression, and headaches | How is CAM primarily used? |
| 72% | What percent of CAM users do not tell their physicians? |
| Increased Interest in CAM | costly, impersonal nature of biomedicine |
| Increased Interest in CAM | adverse effects of treatment |
| Increased Interest in CAM | profit-driven nature of health care |
| Increased Interest in CAM | more activist, consumer-oriented view of the patient role |
| Anecdotal Evidence | research evidence based on informal case histories, in which there is little or no objective documentation regarding a patient's diagnosis or the effectiveness of a treatment; often used in CAM |
| Principle of Naturopathic Medicine | help nature heal |
| Principle of Naturopathic Medicine | do no harm |
| Principle of Naturopathic Medicine | find the underlying cause |
| Principle of Naturopathic Medicine | treat the whole person |
| Principle of Naturopathic Medicine | encourage prevention |
| Principle of Naturopathic Medicine | recognize wellness |
| Principle of Naturopathic Medicine | act as a teacher |
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