BIOL 1000 Study Guide - Megavitamin Therapy, Traditional Medicine, Health System
28 Mar 2014
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Complementary and alternative medicine in canada: from marginal to mainstream. In the 21st century people have begun to integrate cam with conventional medicine which is very different from a decade ago. A decade ago people would not like to use cam, dismiss it article will review this transformation. In the end of the day the success of health care depends on consumer behaviour, marketplace and politics of health care than on scientific evidence. Energy therapies: electromagnetic therapies: uses magnets and magnetism, electrical devices and electric current for diagnosis and therapy, light therapy: natural or artificial light to treat depression and seasonal affective disorders. Faith healing: prayer, religious rituals- emphasis on mental health: christian science healing: sickness sis though to be in the minds rather than body and is restored through prayer and divine intervention. 1996/1997 almost 3. 8 billion was used on alternative providers 1. 8 for fees and 2. 0 on alternative therapies.
