Alternative medicine techniques have been successfully used either in conjunction with traditional medicine or, on occasion, alone. These treatments are often described as holistic because both examination and treatment focus on the patient as a whole rather than being narrowly focused on treatment of a specific symptom. This holistic approach reduces the probability that treatment of one sympt...

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and traditional medicine (TM) are important social phenomena. This article reviews the sociological literature on the topic. First, it addresses the question of terminology, arguing that the naming process is a glimpse into the complexities of power and history that characterize the field. Second, focusing on the last 15 years of scholarship, it cons...

Definition and term of T&CM is still a controversial issue in the world. T&CM is called by different names such as traditional medicine, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), complementary medicine, alternative medicine and unconventional medicine, or sometimes it is called by its specific name for example: in India Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha; in China it is also called Chinese, Uyghur,...

Purpose The objective of this study was to determine the changes of attitudes, motivations, and perceptions of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and Integrative Medicine (IM) before and after taking CAM/ IM related courses at University of California, Irvine. It was hypothesized that with more exposure and education in CAM/IM throughout the course student’s perceptions, attitudes and...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of Buteyko breathing techniques (BBT) in the management of asthma. Design: Prospective, blinded, randomised study comparing the effect of BBT with control classes in 39 subjects with asthma. The study was conducted from January 1995 to April 1995. Participants and setting: Subjects recruited from the community, aged 12 to 70 years, with asthma and substantial m...

abstract introduction: at present, complementary and alternative medicine has brought hope for many hopeless patients. most cancerous patients who also use alternative medicine prefer this combination of alternative and conventional medicine since they are of the opinion that this combination is superior to either alone, which can be referred to as raising new hopes. methods: a literature revie...

Usage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is steadily increasing over the last decades, gaining medical, economic and sociological importance. The aim of the present study was to assess the use of complementary and alternative therapies in cancer patients. A cross-sectional, descriptive survey design was used to collect data through an anonymous questionnaire. A total of 267 patient...

Despite radical improvements in medicine over the past 60 years, patients maintain multiple health care pathways that include high utilization of unconventional treatments. The authors examine three possible relationships between mainstream and alternative medicine: opposition, integration, and pluralism. Opposition, the traditional ethical position that the medical profession must eradicate un...

How sad, then, that they should so often be treated as working tools and as dispensable commodities. Happily, in contrast to this, most of those with horses who consult our clinic are those who care deeply for their equine companions and who work to fulfil all the obligations and responsibilities that ‘ownership’ brings. The result is not only that a great many horses are brought to our place (...