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There is no alternative medicine

Medical Humanities, 2010
The term ‘alternative medicine’ is a misnomer because it suggests that there are two kinds of medicine alternative to each other. Although commonly used, the term is problematic. It escapes a meaningful definition, and ‘alternative medicine’ cannot be clearly differentiated from ‘conventional medicine’.
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Alternative Views on Alternative Medicine

Science, 2000
I would like to clarify and respond to the information about me that Eliot Marshall presented in his News Focus article “Bastions of tradition adapt to alternative medicine” (2 June, p. [1571][1]).
L, Mehl-Madrona, M, Katz, E P, Curry, L B, Bribiesca   +3 more
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies for Psoriasis: A Systematic Review

JAMA dermatology, 2018
Importance Up to 51% of patients with psoriasis report the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in their treatment regimen, although it is unclear which CAM therapies are effective for treatment of psoriasis. Objective This review compiles
A. C. Gamret, A. Price, Raymond Fertig, H. Lev-Tov, A. Nichols   +4 more
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Alternative Medicine or Alternatives to Medicine? A Physician's Perspective

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2000
Regina R. is a 12-year-old girl with recently diagnosed insulin-dependent diabetes. Before discharging her from the hospital, her family physician and consulting diabetes specialist try to instruct the girl and her parents in the appropriate program of treatment, including diet, insulin, and regular self-monitoring.
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Alternative Medicine

Wilmott Magazine, 2019
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D. Tudball
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Concepts in alternative medicine

Social Science & Medicine, 1986
After discussing some important alternative approaches, different interpretations are presented of the concepts of health, disease, diagnosis, therapy and patient. These differences are elucidated in three main frames of medical thinking: the pharmaceutical, the integrational and the holistic model. Attention is given to the problem of scientific proof,
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The Unattractiveness of Alternative Medicine

2019
The previous chapter, we discussed the reasons that attract consumers to alternative medicine. As we have seen, these attractions often turn into the opposite, once we realise that they are unfounded. Attractions can thus turn out to be indirect distractions.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America, 2006
Thirty years ago, the integration of complementary medicine into cancer care almost was dismissed as quackery. Today, a whole range of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) techniques have been integrated into the management of cancer, which are often of benefit to patients, when conventional treatment is deemed to have failed or caused ...
Carolyn N.J. Rubens, Jacqueline Filshie
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Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Geriatric Nursing, 2010
Older adults are the largest per capita consumers of prescription medications and over-the-counter complementary and alternative medicines in the United States. A recent study identified that older adults are using more drugs than 5 years ago, including drugs newly released on the market as well as dietary supplements, known as complementary and ...
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Alternative medicine

Medical Journal of Australia, 1985
M L, Wahlqvist, A C, Clark, R F, Moulds, G L, Metz, J R, Sullivan, J M, Court, G O, Littlejohn   +6 more
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