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medical practices and products that are not part of standard medical care
includes practices such as massage, acupuncture, tai chi, and drinking green tea. ✔Correct
Answer--Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM)
medicine that is practiced by health professionals who hold an M.D. (medical doctor) or D.O. (doctor
of osteopathy) degree. It is also practiced by other health professionals, such as physical therapists,
physician assistants, psychologists, and registered nurses.
may also be called biomedicine or allopathic, Western, mainstream, orthodox, or regular medicine
✔Correct Answer--Standard (or conventional) medical care
used together with standard medicine ✔Correct Answer--complementary medicine
examples of complementary medicine? ✔Correct Answer--acupuncture to help lessen some side
effects of cancer treatment
used in place of standard medicine ✔Correct Answer--alternative medicine
examples of alternative medicine? ✔Correct Answer--using a special diet to treat cancer instead of
anticancer drugs that are prescribed by an oncologist
examples of integrative medicine? ✔Correct Answer--using relaxation as a way to reduce stress
during chemotherapy
combines standard medicine with the CAM practices to provide high quality and effective treatment
✔Correct Answer--integrative medicine
What type of medicine practice is used to treat the patient's mind, body, and spirit? ✔Correct
Answer--integrative medicine
What is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and
integrative health approaches? ✔Correct Answer--National Center for Complementary and
Integrative Health (NCCIH)
-formerly known as the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
1991 Establish Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM)
1993 OAM within NIH Office of the Director (OD)
1999 HHS signs OAM one of NIH center: NCCAM
2001 NCCAM and the National Library of Medicine launch CAM on PubMed
2014 Congress renames NCCAM the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
(NCCIH) ✔Correct Answer--NCCIH Timeline
, to define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness, and safety of complementary and
integrative health interventions and their roles in improving health and health care.
• Strategic Plans every 5 years (2016-2021) ✔Correct Answer--NCCIH Mission
• Explore complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science
• Train complementary and alternative medicine researchers
• Disseminate authoritative information to the public and professionals ✔Correct Answer--NCCIH
Mission
1. nonpharmacologic management of pain
2. neurobiological effects and mechanisms as related to complementary health approaches
3. innovative approaches for establishing biological signatures of natural products
4. disease prevention and health promotion across the lifespan
5. innovatively designed clinical trials to assess complementary approaches and their integration into
health care
6. communication strategies and tools to enhance scientific literacy and understanding of clinical
research. ✔Correct Answer--NCCIH's Top Research Priorities
Complementary health approaches include _________________ and
_______________________________ ✔Correct Answer--natural products
mind and body practices
includes a variety of products, such as herbs (also known as botanicals), vitamins and minerals, and
probiotics.
-widely marketed, readily available to consumers, and often sold as dietary supplements ✔Correct
Answer--Natural products
The use of integrative approaches to health and wellness has grown within health care settings
across the United States ✔Correct Answer--True
1. Standardization of regimented treatment that limit the individualization of treatment
2. Client's focus on health with restricted roles for disease treatment
3. Ethical issues involving the recruitment and randomization due to participants preconceived belief
on CAM therapy
4. Practicality of applying sham treatment
5. Interference of psychological influence on rapport between patient-provider ✔Correct Answer--
Challenges of CAM Research
CAM education in dietetics program:
88% (81/92), (response rate = 34% of 273, n=92)
Many program directors indicated that CAM is an important component of dietetics education, yet
many indicated that students are not being adequately prepared in this area ✔Correct Answer--
CAM Stats
What are the major types of CAM? ✔Correct Answer--1. Alternative Medical Systems
2. Biological Medicine
3. Energy Medicine
4. Manual Medicine