■ ■ Complementary health approaches such as Ayurveda (ancient medicine from India), Chinese medicine, naturopathy, and traditional Native American healers Overall, data from research studies is limited on the use of complementary therapies that have helped people with lung conditions, and is largely limited to those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or asthma. Also, many of the...

Reviews of holistic nursing websites support the premise that registered nurses are incorporating complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into their practices outside of traditional nursing occupations (http://www.naturalhealers. com). While some institutions have the monetary capital to encourage nurses to integrate CAM practices into their workplace, most do not. For many administrators ...

responded to it (p. 14). The book explains the author’s effort to understand what she calls the “double-edged morale” of international development organizations, whose goal, since the 1980s, seems to have been the creation of a new, post– Cold War political model, promoted in part through the distribution of humanitarian aid. The five chapter headings— “The Anthropologist’s Toolkit,” “First Ste...

Integrative medicine has emerged as a potential solution to the American healthcare crisis. It provides care that is patient centered, healing oriented, emphasizes the therapeutic relationship, and uses therapeutic approaches originating from conventional and alternative medicine. Initially driven by consumer demand, the attention integrative medicine places on understanding whole persons and a...

mandibular incisor extraction in carefully selected cases as an alternative option to four bicuspid extraction or non extraction treatment has been advocated. the purpose of this study was to determine the degree of improvement in occlusion in patients with bolton discrepancy treated by one lower incisor extraction using peer assessment rating index (par indexes).pre and post treatment dental c...

Purpose The purpose of this longitudinal outcome study was to determine the effectiveness of the Integrative Health Clinic and Program (IHCP) and to perform a subgroup analysis investigating patient benefit. The IHCP is the first organized integrative health clinical service within the Veterans Affairs Health Care System utilizing research based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), min...