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Complementary Therapies - Utilization
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Definition of 'Complementary Therapies'Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment. |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007.
8 Dec 2008 
OBJECTIVE: This report presents selected estimates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among U.S. adults and children, using data from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and ... Read more...
[Role of complementary medicine in type 1 diabetes mellitus in two Swiss centres]
7 Sep 2009 Insulin replacement is the only effective treatment of type 1 Diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Nevertheless, many complementary treatments are in use for T1DM. In this study we assessed by questionnaire that out of 342 patients with T1DM, 48 (14%; 13.4% ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The use of complementary and alternative medicine has attracted much attention and debate in recent years. The objective of this critical review is to examine the evidence base on use of complementary products and therapies during ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Complementary Therapies - Utilization'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007. 8 Dec 2008
- [Role of complementary medicine in type 1 diabetes mellitus in two Swiss centres] 7 Sep 2009
- Women's use of complementary and alternative medicine during pregnancy: a critical review of the literature. 30 Aug 2009
- NICE guidelines on complementary/alternative medicine: more consistency and rigour are needed.
30 Aug 2009 - Preventive screening of women who use complementary and alternative medicine providers. 30 Jul 2009
- Comment on "Preventive screening of women who use complementary and alternative medicine providers". 30 Jul 2009
- A multivariate test of an expanded Andersen Health Care utilization model for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in African Americans. 30 Jul 2009
- Costs of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and frequency of visits to CAM practitioners: United States, 2007. 28 Jul 2009
- The inequalities of medical pluralism: Hierarchies of health, the politics of tradition and the economies of care in Indian oncology. 21 Jul 2009
- Complementary therapy use amongst Emergency Medicine patients. 12 Jul 2009
- Self-reported health symptoms and conditions among complementary and alternative medicine users in a large military cohort. 10 Jul 2009
- Complementary and alternative medicine use in Turkish children with chronic hepatitis B. 29 Jun 2009
- Self-reported pain and utilization of pain treatment between minorities and nonminorities in the United States. 29 Jun 2009
- Survey: 38% of adults and 12% of children use complementary and alternative medicine. 29 Jun 2009
- Use of nonmedical treatments by infertility patients. 29 Jun 2009
- Clinical indications and perceived effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine in departments of obstetrics in Germany: a questionnaire study. 9 Jun 2009
- Complementary and alternative medicine use among patients undergoing otolaryngologic surgery. 30 May 2009
- Unconventional medicine in dermatology outpatients in Turkey. 30 May 2009
- Development in and challenge for traditional Chinese medicine in Australia. 30 May 2009
- Reasons for referrals of children and adolescents to alternative medicine in southern Israel. 30 May 2009
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Technical information about 'Complementary Therapies'
Definition: Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment.
Descriptor UI: D000529
Alternative terms: Complementary Therapies; Therapies, Complementary; Therapy, Complementary; Complementary Medicine; Medicine, Complementary; Alternative Medicine; Medicine, Alternative; Alternative Therapies; Therapies, Alternative; Therapy, Alternative;
Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; education; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration;
Tree Number: E02.190;
History Note: 2002(1986)
Technical Notes: General or unspecified; prefer specifics; not for "alternative health care delivery system" (= DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE) or specific health service.