PSY-3635 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Allopathic Medicine, Herbert Benson, Biomedicine

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Psychology (A&S)
• Course: PSY-3635
• Professor: Schlundt David

Document Summary

Hp4 chapter 15: complementary and alternative medicine: definitions: i) ii) iii) iv) Evidence-based medicine: an approach to health care that promotes the collection, interpretation, and integration of the best research-based evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. Conventional medicine: biomedically based medicine as practiced by holders of the md (medical doctor) or do (doctor of osteopathy) degrees and their allied health professionals. Alterative medicine: a broad range of health care practices that are not taught in medical schools, not generally used in hospitals, and not usually reimbursed by insurance companies. Includes acupuncture, mind-body therapies, chiropractic, and naturopathy. Holistic medicine: an approach to medicine that considers not only physical health but also the emotional, spiritual, social, and psychological well-being of that person: three principals of alternative and complementary medicine (cam): i) ii) iii) Natural medicine: in the beginning of the twentieth century, public had an undying faith in modern technology, science, and biomedicine.