conceptual framework for clinical decision making in complementary and alternative medicine

... teaching programme at Westminster, of systematising, defining and explaining a whole range of basic principles and concepts within the field of clinical research He makes it clear in his introduction ... participation in setting the agenda for the research, engaging in cycles of inquiry and deciding how the findings of the research should be used This is enormously validating and empowering for participants, ... against harm and minimising risk ● How informed consent is gained ● Procedures for ensuring privacy (anonymity and confidentiality and conforming with the Data Protection Act) (see Ch 18, Writing up)...

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... will remain for intuition, and for the human eyes, hands and brain at the critical care bedside Additional data file The following Additional data file for this article is available online: Additional ... a source of inaccuracy, but this could be rectified in forthcoming prospective studies Furthermore, a more clinically relevant end-point could have been used For example, in sepsis and postoperative ... good as the initial clinical assessment This study was conducted in a single centre, and so the model in fact predicts the decisions of the clinicians who looked after the patients in the first...

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... Baigent ML: Clinical and radiological assessment of leg length NZ Med J 1975:477-480 Friberg O: Clinical symptoms and biomechanics of lumbar spine and hip joint in leg length inequality Spine 1983, ... pelvis and/ or innominate bones – often referred to as pelvic torsion – in the sagittal and/ or frontal planes [3,2325] Mechanically, in the standing position, the weight of the body in the pelvis induces ... of kinetic chain (knee, hip) problems and low back pain Asymptomatic was variously defined from no complaints, to no back pain in the last six months [15], to no low back pain in the last 12...

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... (article in German) McCaw ST: Leg Length Inequality Implications for running injury prevention Sports Medicine 1992, 14(6):422-429 Friberg O: Clinical symptoms and biomechanics of lumbar spine and ... LLI and LLAA is difficult, but not impossible Research has shown the examination procedures for putative LLAA both prone [24] and supine [25] to have intra- and inter-examiner reliability In a ... the clinical relevance of the procedure is unknown Other studies in a clinical environment have demonstrated validity of the supine procedure by correlating LLAA to increased rated pain (VAS) intensity...

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... sustained hypermetabolism for at least days, and in many severely injured patients for up to weeks and longer [4,5] During this initial period there is increased oxygen consumption, insulin resistance, ... and even intestinal intraluminal glutamine administration, a concept which remains controversial [14] As noted above, the brief duration of the initial phenotype phase limits its clinical relevance ... potential clinical impact and the feasibility of a, likely over-simplified, concept of "metabolic staging" in the guidance and decision making for the nutritional support of severely injured patients...

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... creating a conceptual framework for social marketing and of showing that social marketing is unique in relation both to commercial marketing and to education and the force of law Within this framework, ... marketing offers a philosophic and pragmatic middle ground In an era of increasing individual self-interested demands, decreasing homogeneity, and diminished respect for government, marketing offers ... that stand in isolation The former are included under marketing and law; the latter are considered education Marketing refers to attempts to manage behavior by offering reinforcing incentives and/ or...

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... (2007) Complementary and alternative medicine use in pediatric oncology patients in Eastern Turkey Cancer Nursing, 30, 38-44 Henderson JW, Donatelle RJ (2004) Complementary and alternative medicine ... herbal medicine It was determined that Richardson MA, Sanders T, Palmer JL, Singletary SE (2000) patients with cancer usually received information about Complementary/ alternative medicine use in ... Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Gynecologic Oncology Patients in Turkey Table Disease-Related Characteristics of Users and Nonusers of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Therapy...

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... on complementary and alternative medicine, Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine In 2002, he became the founding director of the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine in ... University of Washington in Seattle and serves as a principal or co-investigator for several large NIH-funded studies pertaining to spirituality and health, and integrative medicine Dr Ai is a fellow ... training at the University of Arizona’s Program in Integrative Medicine under the direction of Andrew Weil, MD She presents nationally on topics related to aging and integrative medicine Complementary...

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... CONTENTS Clinical effectiveness, clinical supervision and legal and professional • Issues • Clinical effectiveness 33 u Evidence-based practice CAM and clinical effectiveness Integrating CAM 39 • Clinical ... explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about individual patients by integrating individual clinical experience with the best available clinical evidence.' By 'clinical ... Chapter Complementary and alternative medicine Clinical effectiveness clinical supervision and legal and professional issues 33 INTRODUCTION In a thoughtful article Hodes (2000), following an...

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... conventional medi~ine."~ interprets "complementary" medicine as being used together with It conventional medicine, whereas "alternative" medicine is used in place of conventional medicine NCCAM classifies ... depending on the nature of the product and its intended use D What Is "Mind-Body Medicine? " NCCAM describes mind-body medicine as focusing on "the interactions among the brain, mind, body, and ... practices, products, and therapies used in "conventional" or "allopathic" medicine Some forms of CAM, such as traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine, have been practiced for centuries,...

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... Integrative Pain Medicine Contemporary Pain Medicine Integrative Pain Medicine: The Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management Series ... than think of From: Contemporary Pain Medicine: Integrative Pain Medicine: The Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management Edited by: J F Audette and A Bailey ... From: Contemporary Pain Medicine: Integrative Pain Medicine: The Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management Edited by: J F Audette and A Bailey © Humana...

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... Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public Complementary and alternative medicine in the United States / Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine ... collecting and analyzing information from national surveys, identifying important questions, designing studies, coordinating data collection and analysis, and providing training in research and ... professional licensing boards and 10 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE accrediting and certifying agencies (for both CAM and conventional medicine) should set competency standards in the appropriate...

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... Chapter 1: A Context for Thinking About Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Ethics Lois Snyder Chapter 2: Complementary and Alternative Medicine: History, Definitions, and What Is It Today? ... Patient and Medical Education on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Sorting It Out Catherine Leffler 167 Chapter 6: Legal and Risk Management Issues in Complementary and Alternative Medicine ... TCM is interesting and quite different from conventional medicine In TCM, there is a fine balance between the two opposing but interrelated and inseparable forces of nature, Yin and Yang Yin has...

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... on In addition to complementary and alternative medicine, other frequently used terms are unconventional medicine and integrative medicine The term complementary medicine refers to therapies Complementary ... in books; the fact that this information contains inaccuracies is therefore troubling Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) 11 In addition to books, information about CAM can be obtained ... About Complementary and Alternative Medicine and MS This book provides much detailed information about specific types of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) This information is intended...

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... medical discipline? 18 COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL THERAPIES How to incorporate clinically relevant CAM/Integrative Medicine examination questions into the board examinations of physicians, ... interpretations and has complicated both clinical decision making and efforts to perform scientific research involving botanicals (17;18) 3 DAVID EISENBERG II EPIDEMIOLOGY A Prevalence, Costs, and Patterns ... Vitamin E Vitamin C Calcium Magnesium Zinc Folic Acid Vitamin B12 Vitamin D Vitamin A 26 10 9 2 2 Ginseng Gingko Garlic Glucosamine St John’s Wort Echinacea Lecithin Chondroitin Creatine Saw Palmetto...

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... Care, Coordinator or Curriculum in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Director of Continuing Medical Education in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Residency Program in Urban Family ... is trained in both allopathic medicine and Chinese medicine The xxvi COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND PSYCHIATRY chapter on yoga by Dr Becker reviews both the concepts that inform yoga ... Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND PSYCHIATRY ix Francine Rainone, D.O Department of Family Medicine, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative...

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... out in Pakistan Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Cancer Care will be of wide interest to those studying complementary and alternative medicine sociologically, to those involved ... in Western cultures include homeopathic medicine and naturopathic medicine Examples of systems that have developed in non-Western cultures include traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda Mind–body ... with the increasing presence of indigenous ‘traditional’ medicines) and thus within the following chapters we generally refer to Western medicine as biomedicine This category of biomedicine, we...

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... Mainstreaming of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a major component of healthcare in most late modern societies While there is increasing ... demands of policy -making, The Mainstreaming of Complementary and Alternative Medicine allows a complex and informative picture to emerge of the different social forces at play in the integration of ... ‘National integrative medicine organisation formed’, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 6:30 Horrigan, B (2001) ‘Andrew Weil, on integrative medicine and the nature of reality’, Alternative...

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... means for eliminating bias It also stands to reason that a health care system with clinical application ranging in thousands of 10 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE years has a basis in science ... G Mijares Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Clinic Design by Robert A Roush Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clinic Design Robert A Roush, PhD The Haworth Integrative Healing Press® ... conundrum xii COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE The need for more research concerning how to use complementary and alternative medicine modalities together with conventional medicine became...

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... People and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Chapter Understanding health and healing Julie Stone and Jeanne Katz Chapter Understanding why people use complementary and alternative medicine ... differentiating between complementary and alternative medicine using the following definitions Can complementary and alternative medicine be classified? 37 ■ Complementary medicine is used together ... on complementary and alternative medicine 36 2.3 Is there a difference between complementary and alternative medicine? The term complementary and alternative medicine has been the main...

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