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Complementary and Alternative Therapies Flashcards

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Conventional medicine

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Western medical practices

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Biomedicine

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Western medical practices

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Allopathic medicine

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Western medical practices

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Greater emphasis on prevention, natural healing

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Eastern medicine

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As many as 1,800 other therapies practiced all over the world over thousands of years

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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

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Based on ancient medical systems

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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

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CAM together with conventional medicine

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Complementary

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CAM in place of conventional medicine

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Alternative

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Treatments from conventional medicine
CAM for which there is high-quality evidence of safety and effectiveness

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Integrative

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Paradigm of whole systems

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Holism

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Belief that people are more than physical bodies

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Holism

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Combined mental, emotional, spiritual, relationship, and environmental components

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Holism

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Interventions individualized within the entire context of a person’s life

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Holism

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Mind and body are indivisible.

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Humanism

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People have the power to solve own problems.

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Humanism

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People are responsible for patterns of their lives.

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Humanism

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Well-being is combination of personal satisfaction and contributions to larger community.

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Humanism

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Connection with the ground
Contact with reality
Stability, security, independence

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Grounding

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Force that integrates body, mind, and spirit

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Energy

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Has prevented Western health practitioners from learning new ways to promote health and prevent illnesses

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Ethnocentrism

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Assumption that one’s own culture or ethnic group is superior to others

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Ethnocentrism

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Indian system of medicine

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Ayurveda

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State of imbalance among body systems

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Ayurveda

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Mentally healthy people
Good memory, comprehension, intelligence, reasoning ability

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Ayurveda

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Dosha

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(body)

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Emotionally healthy people
Balanced emotional states, sense of well-being or happiness

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Ayurveda

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Physically healthy people
Proper functioning of senses, digestion, elimination

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Exercise program
Yoga
Breathing exercises
Meditative techniques

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Ayurveda

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Mind, body, spirit, and emotion are never separated.

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traditional chinese medecine

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Imbalance or interruption in the flow of qi

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Traditional Chinese medicine

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Traditional Chinese medicine

Treatments include:

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Acupuncture
Acupressure
Herbal medicine

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Spirituality and medicine are inseparable.

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Native American healing

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Only healer is the One

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Native American healing

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Healers use medicine objects and ceremonial treatments.

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Native American healing

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Harmony between mind and body

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Native American healing

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Cultural healing found in Latin America and Latinos in United States

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Curanderismo

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Traditional healing system with Western biomedical beliefs, treatments, and practices

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Curanderismo

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Used by 80% of the world’s population

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Botanical Healing

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Self-healing system

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Homeopathy

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Therapeutic use of essential oils

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Aromatherapy

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Law of similars

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Homeopathy

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Remedies stimulate self-healing capacit

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Homeopathy

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System of medicine and a way of life
Emphasis on responsibility, health maintenance, and disease prevention
Do not provide emergency care or major surgery
Rarely prescribe drugs
Treat clients in private practice and outpatient clinics

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Naturopathy

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Third largest independent health profession in Western world

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Chiropractic

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Correct spinal dysfunction

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Chiropractic

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Scientific manipulation of soft tissue of the body
Aids ability of the body to heal itself
Aimed at achieving or increasing health and well-being

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Massage

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pply pressure or stimulation to specific points on body
Treatments rooted in traditional philosophy about qi, or life energy

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Acupuncture, acupressure, and reflexology

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Includes Therapeutic Touch (TT), Healing Touch (HT), and Reiki

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Hand-mediated biofield therapies

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Imagery refers to two-way communication between conscious and unconscious mind and involves whole body and senses

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Guided imagery

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Learn to control certain physiological responses of the body

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Biofeedback

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Breathing and mental exercises combined with body movement
Physical fitness
Meditation
Self-defense

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Qi gong and t’ai chi

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Stretching
Strength
Balance

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Pilates

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Detoxification
Types
* Use of water as a healing
treatment
* Uses body’s response to heat
and cold
* Used to:
o Decrease pain and
fever
o Reduce swelling and
cramps
o Induce sleep
o Improve physical and
mental tone

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Hydrotherapy

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Detoxification
Types
Procedure for washing inner walls of colon by filling it with water or herbal solutions and then draining it

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Colonics

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Detoxification
Types
Introduction of chemicals into bloodstream that bind with heavy metals in the body

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Chelation therapy

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Specifically selected animals used as a treatment modality in health and human service settings

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Animal-assisted therapy

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Live at long-term health care facilities
Gravitate to most isolated or depressed clients

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Resident animals

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Adjunct therapy to occupational and physical therapy
Gardening, healing garden
Stimulates five senses
Provides leisure activities
Improves motor function
Provides sense of achievement
Improves self-esteem

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Horticultural therapy

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