Bardia, A., et.al. (2006). Efficacy of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies in Relieving Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 24 (34): 457-64. Anecdotal evidence abounds regarding the use of complementary and alternative medicine therapies when dealing with issues of pain. One of the clear issues is that there is a lack of rigorous and well-developed scholarly literature on the subject. In this study, 18 trials were reviewed totaling 1,499 patients. Seven
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Integrating into the Nursing Practice Complementary alternative medicines (CAMs) are not a new-fangled medical practice that has recently come out (Bennett, 2009). Several complementary alternative medicine therapies are; homeopathy, aromatherapy, touch therapy, and music therapy, these therapies named here is just a small number of therapies that are out there, and has been around for two decades according to (Matthew, Whedon, & Weeks, 2011). This paper
Complementary and Alternative Medicines Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are medicines that are not considered conventional medicine. Conventional Medicine is also known as Western Medicine and is often practice by medical professional like medical doctors, nurses and therapist. The boundaries between CAM and conventional medicine are not fixed, and because CAM has recently become more accepted, the treatment combination of CAM and conventional medicine increased and the boundaries
Therapeutic Touch and Pain Stephanie Brooks Kelsey McAfee Kara Lamb Edinboro University Background Throughout our clinical experiences, almost every patient that we have had reported some pain. Pain medications are often over-prescribed and over-used and can often do more harm than good. People do need pain medications in certain circumstances, but we wanted to research other methods for patients to manage pain. Therapeutic touch can offer a variety of benefits including pain management. A majority
Complementary and alternative medicine or CAM is “a large and diverse set of systems of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention based on philosophies and techniques other than those used in conventional Western medicine, often derived from traditions of medical practice used in other (non-Western) cultures. Such practices may be described as alternative that is, existing as a body separate from and as a replacement for conventional Western medicine, or complementary, that is, used in addition to conventional
Though widely varying around the world, patients have sought reduction of chronic pains and cures from complementary and alternative medicine. In the United States, the National Institutes of Health defined Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) as “a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine” (Koithan, 2013, p. 643-644). These diverse practices include a number of treatments from maintaining
society have led to the creation of new and better opportunities for integrated and complementary care, including massage therapy. Complementary care is an upcoming concept within health care systems with heath institutions and professionals sharing information across a variety of settings so as to achieve better health care. For instance, primary care professionals come together with specialist physicians and alternative health care providers such as massage therapists to ensure that patients have access
Alternative Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine Prepared for: Angela Chittick Business Communications Instructor Mid-Plains Community College Prepared by: Samantha Maser Business Communications Student March 19, 2017 MEMORANDUM TO: Angela Chittick, Business Communications Instructor FROM: Samantha Maser, Business Communications Student DATE: March 19, 2017 SUBJECT: Alternative medicine vs. Conventional medicine Here is my analytical report on whether taking on more alternative therapies
Massage Therapy as an Effective Alternative Treatment in Palliative Hospice Care Amanda Oswald ABSTRACT The purpose of this review is to summarize research that indicates massage therapy as an effective therapeutic tool for pain relief, reduction of anxiety and symptom management for hospice patients. INTRODUCTION As an alternative and complimentary therapy, massage is a low-cost, low-risk tool for providing comfort during end-of-life care. The purpose of hospice is to improve quality of life
If these medicines were considered factual, the biomedical scene could change the medical community significantly. However to find if CAM treatments are effective, one needs to prove it. On the other hand, this has become significantly difficult in the medical and scientific field. Although the amount of funding and users of alternative medicine is on the rise, scientists continue to hold a strong interpretation of CAM being unproven with insufficient evidence to believe these medicines are working