Alternatív gyógymód
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Általában alternatív gyógymódoknak nevezik azokat a kezeléseket, amelyeket a jelenkorban a konvencionális európai kórházi kezelés és gyógyszerezés helyett alkalmaznak. Beszélhetünk ugyanakkor kiegészítő (complementary) gyógymódokról, amelyeket a hagyományos terápiával együtt alkalmaznak, hogy javítsák annak hatását. A két típusú nem konvencionális gyógymódtípust lefedi a kiegészítő és alternatív gyógymódok (complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)) kifejezés, amelybe így beletartoznak a nem-tudományos, spirituális és vallási összefüggésű gyógyítási módszerek éppúgy, mint az Európán kívül alkalmazott hagyományos módszerek.
A National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine a következő definíciót adja a CAM gyógymódokra: ,,defines complementary and alternative medicine as "a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine". Az ,,intergratív" gógyászatról azt állítja, hogy ,,[combining] mainstream medical therapies and CAM therapies for which there is some high-quality scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness". Ralph Snyderman and Andrew Weil állítása szerint "integrative medicine is not synonymous with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It has a far larger meaning and mission in that it calls for restoration of the focus of medicine on health and healing and emphasizes the centrality of the patient-physician relationship". Vagyis miközben az alternatív gógymódok nagyrésze tudományosan nem igazolt, amennyiben fiziológiailag hatástalanok, pszichológiai úton érvényesülve poztívak lehetnek, ha kombinálják őket a megfelelő orvosi kezeléssel.
[szerkesztés] Irodalom
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- NCCAM, Get The Facts, What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine
[szerkesztés] Külső hivatkozások
- www.termeszetgyogyasz.lap.hu
- The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - US National Institutes of Health
- Alternative Cancer Information - Hub of Peer-Reviewed literature on Prevention of Metastasis for Patients Diagnosed with Cancer
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine on PubMed - Alternative Medicine Research Database
- University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing
- Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database - Evidence-Based, Clinical Information on Natural Medicines
- Web pages for new BBC/Open University television series "Alternative Medicine" that examines the evidence scientifically.
- The British Library - finding information on the complementary medicines industry
- Metatheory of Medicine: A Lay Perspective by Ken Renshaw
[szerkesztés] Kritika
- A Different Way to Heal? and Videos - PBS, Scientific American Frontiers Web Feature
- What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine? - By Steven Novella MD
- Skepdic Article on Alternative Medicine
- Who Gets to Validate Alternative Medicine - PBS article


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