DEMS 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Health Canada, Samuel Hahnemann

• School: York University
• Department: Disaster and Emergency Management
• Course: DEMS 2700
• Professor: Mike

Document Summary

Complementary means used along side of western medicine: ex. Some may treat the flu by going to the doctors and getting medication. Some may treat the flu by using home remedies (cam) Cam started in the 1960s when the shift started form western health to alternative health. 1200 practitioners in canada who are doing different branches of cam. Cam are things that include: yoga, exercise, massage, prayer, herbal / home remedies. Increase in private and community colleges which taught cam. Anything that is not western is cam. New opportunities and new professions were created. Cam was used by 74% of canadians in 2006. 2005 2006 canadians spent . 6 billion in cam. 2006 2015 there was a 10% increase in cam users. Cam only for the rich not suited for the poor: need to have expensive insurance. Most people who do not use cam they use natural health products to improve their health.