Complementary & Alternative Medicine Flashcards
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What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)?
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Refers to medical products and practices that aren’t part of standard medical care
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What is standard medical care?
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A treatment accepted by medical experts as proper for a specific disease and widely used by healthcare professionals
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How is conventional medicine practiced?
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Health professionals (M.D. or D.O.) will treat symptoms and diseases using drugs, radiation or surgery
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What is the main focus of Conventional Medicine?
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Deals with emergency problems for a short time period; healing at an organ/tissue level
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