HE101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Acupressure, Chiropractic, Acupuncture
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Health care consumerism & complementary & alternative medicine (cam) Health care in canada is a shared responsibility. Maintaining good health, primary prevention (diet, pa, sleep) Appropriate care (when you need it), minimize risk, prevent misuse. & waste (don"t waste your time or doctors time) Understanding strengths & limitations of self-care, traditional medicine & cam. Information overload-sorting out fact from fiction: lower cognitive ability, more willing to believe information. Placebo effect symptoms improve w/o any apparent cause or treatment. Treatment, drug or provider had no real effect apparent cure, improvement in symptoms brought about by product or procedure w/ no medicinal value. Based on expected/ desired effects example: thinking you"re drinking alcohol & you display the symptoms. & emotional health treatment of minor illnesses, accidents. Stop progression of illness, injury influenced by level of knowledge, resources. Sudden weakness, trouble speaking, vision disturbances, headache, dizziness. Loss of consciousness, paralysis, severe headache, dizziness, confusion, poor concentration/memory, nausea.
