CAM Flashcards
(16 cards)
Which CAM domain is the most widely used
Mind body medicine (meditation)
5 domains of CAM
Alternative medical systems Mind-Body interventions Biologically based treatments Manipulative and body based Energy therapy
Examples of alternative medical systems
Chinese
Ayurvedic
Unani-Tibb
Example of mind body intervention
Meditation
Example of biologically based treatment
Chelation
Examples of manipulative and body based methods
Chiropractic
Feldenkreis
Example of energy therapy
Reiki
What are the twin dangers of medicine, and what do they mean
Excessive orthodoxy (cookbook method; stifles innovation)
Excessive heterodoxy (unpredictable outcomes)
Most common CAM therapy
Prayer (self)
Charlatans vs quacks
Charlatans prey on desperate or gullible
Quacks are sincere but offer useless remedies
Integrative medicine assumes holistic care involves what 3 things?
Mind
Body
Spirit
What’s the sliding scale of evidence
Greater potential of harm, the greater the standard of evidence should be
What is a CAM for depression
Omega 3
Cam for cervical dysphasia
Folic acid
Cam for nausea
Ginger
Cam for liver from cancer
Milk thistle
