In contrast to other work in this field, this book views alternative health as a social movement, and shows commonalities between the cultural left and the religious right that can help form a new healthcare paradigm. National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine 2000 Expanding Horizons of Healthcare: Five-year Strategic Plan, 2001-2005. National Institute of Health Publication No. 01-5001. Gaithersburg, Maryland: National Institutes of Health. In this report, the National Center for Complementary and

Complementary and alternative medicine is difficult to describe because it incorporates a very broad and continually changing field. However, this field is defined as a group of distinct medical and health care systems, products, and practices that are not generally regarded as part of traditional or conventional medicine ("What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?" 2012). In this case, the conventional or traditional medicine is medical practices by clinical doctors, holders

ALTERNATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT THERAPYAlternative Pain Management Therapy: Non-Pharmacological Approaches vs. Pharmacological MethodsIntroductionAlthough it happens to be uncomfortable for most people, pain could be considered an instrumental human body alarm system. This is more so the case given that it comes in handy in the identification of a wide range of stimuli likely to occasion harm to our tissues. In clinical settings, various strategies are deployed in an attempt to lessen

Alternative Pain Management TherapyFrom the onset, it would be prudent to note that care happens to be inseparable to the practice of nursing. Indeed, in the words of Panjnikihar, Stiglic, and Vrbnjak (2017), “caring is the core concept in nursing” (p. 79). As a matter of fact, my personal philosophy of nursing is firmly rooted in the science of care. It is on this basis that I identify with Jean

There are a variety of approaches to diagnosis and treatment in American acupuncture that incorporates medical traditions from China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Vietnam, and France. " (2002) The American Medical Association additionally reports: "Acupuncture has been used by millions of American patients and performed by over 5,000 U.S. physicians, dentists, acupuncturists, and other practitioners for relief or prevention of pain and for a variety of health conditions. After reviewing the

Cardsmax Abramson, R. (2010). Psychotherapy of psychoses: some principles for practice in the real world. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychoanalysis And Dynamic Psychiatry, 38(3), 483-502. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Abramson, R. (2010) explains that treatment of psychoses must include psychological treatments for the mind joined with the commonly employed biological treatments for the brain. There are various schools of psychotherapy, but psychoanalytic treatment is the only Western discipline devoted to