HSS 2321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Allopathic Medicine, Alternative Medicine, Faith Healing

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2321
• Professor: Kirsti Bissada

Document Summary

Cams are all the health-care practices that differ from allopathic medicine. Cams are now often being included in undergraduate medical schools in north american hospitals. Various cams have been accepted and are readily available in a number of countries around the world in places where they may be seen as conventional. Cam practitioners offer services apart from or in competition with the allopathic physician, and so stand in differing relationships to the dominant medical profession. Alternative medicine and therapy are already substantial and growing. Millions of canadians spend a total well over billion on treatments outside of conventional medicine. Cam is most likely to be used by the middle and upper classes (cid:449)ho (cid:272)a(cid:374) either afford (cid:862)e(cid:454)tra(cid:863) health (cid:272)are or ha(cid:448)e i(cid:374)sura(cid:374)(cid:272)e to cover such care. Some insurance companies now provide coverage for use of alternative health care, such as acupuncture. Several schools train cam practitioners, such as the ontario college of homeopathic medicine.