Complementary Therapy

By Diah Nita
October 19th 2009


What?
Diverse medical and health care system, practices, and products
Go along with medical therapy (complement)
Alternative therapy, used instead of conventional medicine.
Integrative medicine, a hybrid of complementary and conventional medical treatments

Kinds
Herbal medicine
Diet, nutrition, and lifestyle changes
Mind/body or behavioral interventions
Alternative system of medical practice
Manual healing method
Bioelectromagnetic
Pharmacologic and biologic treatments


Complementary Therapists
Osteopaths
Acupuncturists
Psychotherapist
Hypnotherapies
Pilates teacher
Craniosacral therapists


Chronic Illness & complementary Therapy
PLHIV
Cancer
Diabetes
SLE


Research of Complementary Therapy
50 different research projects being conducted
Provide new opportunity for training researches in complementary therapy
Grants are awarded to universities, clinics, and practitioners.

Research Projects
Antioxidant vitamins to eradicate cancer cells
Guided imagery (visualization) to boost the immune system and help the body fight the disease
Acupuncture as a treatment for women with depression
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults and Children: United States, 2007 by by Patricia M. Barnes, M.A., and Barbara Bloom, M.P.A., Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics; and Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H., National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health


Health Care Provider’ Responsibilities
Understand the purpose
Identify the symptom of the patient
Identify the contraindications and adverse effect
Determine patient’ reason of seeking complementary therapy
Identify allergies of the patient


Reading Sources
Complementary Therapy for Health Care Providers by Merrily A. Kuhn
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu
http://www.catie.ca
http://nccam.nih.gov