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Alternative Medicine
Title: Alternative Medicine
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 2101 | Pages: 8.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine
Throughout recorded history, people of various cultures have relied on what
Western medical practitioners today call alternative medicine. The term
alternative medicine covers a broad range of healing philosophies,
approaches, and therapies. It generally describes those treatments and
health care practices that are outside mainstream Western health care.
People use these treatments and therapies in a variety of ways. Alternative
therapies used alone are often referred to as alternative; when used in
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…showed last 75 words of 2101 total…down isn't asked" (Lombardo). Of course, acceptance of alternative
medicine by the medical establishment will not occur until research has
proven its efficacy. However, with so many Americans already using
alternative treatments, doctors need to better understand the principles of
alternative medicine. It is incumbent upon doctors not only to know what
medical treatments their patients are using, but what effect those
treatments are having. Only then can doctors provide effective and safe
health care.
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