Complementary and alternative medicine in the United States / Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative medicine--United States.

Alternative medicine.

Medicine--Research--United States.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Integration of complementary and alternative medicine therapies (CAM) with conventional medicine is occurring in hospitals and physicians offices, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are covering CAM therapies, insurance coverage for CAM is increasing, and integrative medicine centers and clinics are being established, many with close ties to medical schools and teaching hospitals. In determining what care to provide, the goal should be comprehensive care that uses the best scientific evidence available regarding benefits and harm, encourages a focus on healing, recognizes the importance of compassion and caring, emphasizes the centrality of relationship-based care, encourages patients to share in decision making about therapeutic options, and promotes choices in care that can include complementary therapies where appropriate. Numerous approaches to delivering integrative medicine have evolved. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States identifies an urgent need for health systems research that focuses on identifying the elements of these models, the outcomes of care delivered in these models, and whether these models are cost-effective when compared to conventional practice settings. It outlines areas of research in convention and CAM therapies, ways of integrating these therapies, development of curriculum that provides further education to health professionals, and an amendment of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act to improve quality, accurate labeling, research into use of supplements, incentives for privately funded research into their efficacy, and consumer protection against all potential hazards.

Contents:

Introduction

Prevalence, cost, and patterns of nam use

Contemporary approaches to evidence of treatment effectiveness : a context for nam research

Need for innovative designs in research on nam and conventional medicine

State of emerging evidence on nam

An ethical framework for nam research, practice, and policy

Integration of nam and conventional medicine

Educational programs in nam

Dietary supplements

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612084102

9780309133425

0309133424

9781282084100

1282084100

9780309547338

0309547334

OCLC:

567959593