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Blackwelder, Reid B. "Alternative Medicine." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2001. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6998.

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Blackwelder, Reid B. "Alternative Medicine." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2000. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7003.

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Nestoruk, M., O. Figurna, Людмила Анатоліївна Денисова, Людмила Анатольевна Денисова, and Liudmyla Anatoliivna Denysova. "Complementary and alternative medicine." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/45285.

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We have all heard the terms “complementary medicine” and “alternative medicine” on the TV or somewhere else, but what do they really mean?lternative medicine is a collective name for methods pretending on the ability to treat (or prevent) disease. There are five major categories of complementary and alternative medicine therapies.
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Blackwelder, Reid B. "Complementary and Alternative Medicine." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6918.

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Blackwelder, Reid B. "Alternative Medicine Family Practice." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6997.

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Estevez, Mychel. "Identities of alternative medicine practitioners." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002876.

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Blackwelder, Reid B. "A Practical Approach to Alternative Medicine." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1998. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6968.

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Lockwood, Richard Scott. "Physicians Providing Alternative Medicine Boundary Crossing and the Emergence of Integrative Medicine." PDXScholar, 2008. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2273.

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Integrative medicine (IM) has organized as a new area of specialization in mainstream healthcare. The development of IM is widely attributed to popular demand for the range of therapies known collectively as Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). During the 1990's the rate of acceptance of CAM accelerated among consumers, professions, financing and education. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) measured CAM utilization and professional service provision during the years 1996 and 1998, but never since. These surveys were unique because they specifically inquired as to whether CAM was provided by a physician, among other types of professionals. This dissertation defines early integrative medicine (MDCAM) as CAM therapies provided by physicians. Because the MDCAM subpopulation is small, MEPS surveys for 1996 and 1998 were combined (N=39,314) to improve statistical power. The theoretical approach employed Abbott's (1988) theory of a system of professions, in which MDCAM represents a professional strategy of client differentiation through the social boundary mechanism of borrowing (Tilly, 2004) specific CAM therapies to satisfy consumer demand. The utility of the theory of a system of professions is discussed for its ability to decouple conceptual-level claims from observable workplace-level behaviors. Nearly one million Americans received CAM therapies from their physicians during the period, and this professional behavior was found in every region of the country. Services provided by physicians included spiritual healing, massage and acupuncture; national population prevalence estimates are provided. This is meaningful because physicians, at the time, were at risk for disciplinary action for providing CAM. The MDCAM subpopulation was similar to those who used both conventional and CAM services from other professional sources (BOTH), however, MDCAM reported much higher prescription medication use. The demographic profile of MDCAM was more similar to those who consume health care services frequently, compared to infrequent consumers. The MDCAM group is distinguished from those who use BOTH by increased utilization of the following services: nutritional advice, biofeedback and meditation. MDCAM is characterized by diagnoses of chronic illness. MDCAM recipients used mainstream medicine, yet employed disease management services offered by the CAM domain.
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Blackwelder, Reid B. "Practical Approach to Complementary and Alternative Medicine." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6979.

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Blackwelder, Reid B. "Alternative Medicine: What Our Patients are Taking." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1999. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7004.

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Eels, Joe. "The use of alternative medicine in western Wisconsin." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998eelsj.pdf.

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Low, Jacqueline. "The experiences of people who use alternative therapies : a symbolic interactionist analysis /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0034/NQ66220.pdf.

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McFadden, Jessica Mason. "Woolf's alternative medicine| Narrative consciousness as social treatment." Thesis, Western Illinois University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1572942.

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The primary objective of this thesis project is to investigate Woolf's narrative construction of consciousness and its enactment of resistance against the clinical model of cognitive normativity, using Mrs. Dalloway. This objective is part of an effort to identify the ways in which Woolf's writing can be used, foundationally, to challenge the contemporary language of clinical diagnosis, as it functions to maintain power imbalances and serves as a mechanism of the rigid policing of normativity. It is also intended to support the suggestion that Woolf's novels and essays make a valuable contribution, when advanced by theory—including disability theory, to scientific conversations on the mind. One major benefit is that doing so encourages border-crossing between disciplines and views. More specifically, this project examines the ways in which Mrs. Dalloway resists the compulsory practice of categorizing and dividing the mind. The novel, I assert, supports an alternative narrative treatment, not of the mind but, of the normative social forces that police it. It allows and encourages readers to reframe stigmatizing, divisive, and power-based categories of cognitive difference and to resist the scientific tendency to dismiss pertinent philosophical and theoretical treatments of consciousness that are viable in literature. The critical portion of the project is concerned with the way in which Mrs. Dalloway addresses consciousness and challenges medical authority. Its implications urge the formation of an investigative alliance between Woolf's work and psychology that will undermine the power differential, call attention to and dismantle the stigma of "mental illness," and propel clinical treatment into new diagnostic practices.

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Bailey, E. E., and L. Lee Glenn. "Cancer Patient Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7502.

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Shrestha, Priyanka. "Predicting Quantity of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1500381639467327.

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Carmichael, Jenna, Kelsey Kitzmiller, and Rebekah Jackowski. "Arizona Pharmacist's Attitudes Towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine." The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/614599.

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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study is to gain knowledge about pharmacists’ use and recommendations toward complementary and alternative medicine in the state of Arizona. METHODS: Samples were obtained through an online survey. Members from Arizona Pharmacy Alliance (AzPA) were emailed asking them to participate in an online survey. The sample size was all the pharmacists who are members of AzPA and have an email address, about 900 pharmacists. There were 187 responses, giving a response rate of 21%. The questionnaire was developed using questions from previous studies of pharmacists, physicians, and nurses. Demographic information collected included age, number of years practicing, ethnicity, sex and type of pharmacy he/she practices in. RESULTS: Pharmacists who have been treated with CAM personally are more likely to agree that CAM is a useful supplement to conventional medicines (p<0.001). Pharmacists who do not use CAM regularly to treat their own symptoms or illnesses were less likely to think CAM is a useful supplement to conventional medicine (p<0.001) and less likely to think CAM should be integrated into main stream western medicine (p<0.001). Pharmacists practicing greater than 20 years are more likely to think that their attitude toward alternative medicine has changed substantially over the past few years (p=0.028) and are more likely to think CAM should be integrated into western medicine (p=0.036) compared to those practicing less than 10 years. CONCLUSION: Based on the results, the hypothesis that pharmacists with personal CAM use are more likely to recommend or have a positive attitude toward their patients and recommend CAM was supported. The other hypothesis of pharmacists who have more recently graduated from pharmacy school will have a more positive outlook on CAM has been refuted as it was shown that those who have been practicing more than 20 years are more likely to believe CAM should be integrated into Western medicine.
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Chen, Hsui-fen. "Medicine, society, and the making of madness." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288268.

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Wilson, Carla J. "The opinions of practitioners of chinese medicine and acupuncture on the emergence of integrative medicine." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3713995.

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This mixed methods study examines the opinions of U.S-based practitioners of Chinese Medicine (CM). This study recruited CM practitioners (n = 96) from U.S professional association networks. The study asked CM practitioners to define the term integrative medicine (IM). They were also asked to reflect on the role of CM within contemporary health care in the United States, the impact this may have on patient care, and the future of CM as a part of IM.

While some CM practitioners in this study voiced optimism and an interest in working in IM settings, others equated the opportunity for integration with loss of CM traditions, compromise to CM, and professional subordination. While CM practitioners are fully trained to practice a complete system of medicine, acupuncture alone is most frequently the modality that is utilized in IM settings.

Practitioners were of the opinion that skills, training, knowledge, and experience that are included in patient care remain underutilized in IM settings. They also had concerns about maintaining the distinct philosophy and practices that constitute Chinese medicine as a whole system of care.

The recommendation from this study is that the current hierarchical structure that exists in many IM settings open up to the possibility that CM can provide a range of treatment options for patients that conventional medicine cannot. The contribution that CM practitioners could bring to the developing field of IM holds great potential. The majority of CM practitioners surveyed agreed that the health care field in the United States is expanding and this offers opportunities for ongoing development of the Chinese medicine profession in the United States.

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Neto, Aderson Moreira da Rocha. "Um estudo dos textos clássicos do Ayurveda em perspectiva histórico antropológica." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2009. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=6590.

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Nas últimas duas décadas a racionalidade ayurvédica tornou-se popular no ociedente e está se expandindo rapidamente. Esta expansão é consequência do renascimetno do Ayurveda na Índia no século XX. Apesae do crescente interesse neste sistema antido de medicina pouco se tem explorado, no nosso meio, da dua gênese histórica e das pesquisas dos textos clássicos, riquíssimos em informação spbre esta antiga medicina e suas ferramentas de diagnóstico e terapêutica prevalente no subcontinente indiano há milhares de anos. O renascimento do Ayurveda se intensificou após a libertação da Índia da dominação britânica em 1947. Na década de 50 vários esforços foram realizados para promover o ensino e desenvolvimento desta racionalidade médica pelo governo indiano. A Medicina Ayurvédica se expandiu rapidamente pelo subcontinente e posteriormente pelo ocidente, Europa e Estados Unidos. No Brasil o Ayurveda chegou a meados dos anos 80 e se desenvolveu principalmente em Goiânia com o Hospital de Medicina Alternativa. Nesta instituição as plantas medicinais brasileiras receberam um leitura da racionalidade ayurvédica através dos vários médicos indianos que lá estiveram. Esta tese de natureza teórico-conceitual, mas com um enfoque histórico antropológico tem como objeto de estudo a gênese do Ayurveda e a análise crítica comparada dos textos clássico nas suas fontes primárias e secundárias. O período de formação desta racionalidade médica na Índia antiga ainda é objeto de muitas discussões dos autores modernos, isto ocorre por que a transformação de uma medicina mágico-religiosa dos textos védicos em um sistema empírico-racional do clássico Ayurveda não foi totalmente esclarecida pelos historiadores e pesquisadores ayurvedisas. Analiseremos os principais textos clássicos e seus autores de uma forma comparativa e simultaneamente tentaremos propor uma gênese histórica do Ayurveda, na antiga Índia, baseada nas traduções das fontes primárias e na literatura secundária dos autores orientais e ocidentais que estiveram ao nosso alcance durante a pesquisa.
In the last twenty years Ayurvedic Medicine has become popular in the west. This expansion is a consequence of the Ayurveda in the last century in India. Although this increasing interest in the western countries very little efforts have been made to understand the historical genesis and the research in the classical texts of this ancient system of traditional Indian medicine in Brazil. The reborn of Ayurveda has been intensified after the liberation if India from Great Britain in 1947. It was a conquest of the movement if Indian nationalism since the beginning of twenty century. The Ayurvedic medicine have expanded quickly to USA and Europe but was in the middle of the 1980 that this Indian system arrived in Brazil and have developed mostly in Goiania City in the Hospital de Medicina Alternativa. In this public hospital the Brazilian herbal medicine have been described in the view of Ayurvedic medical racionality. In this PHD thesis we have a theoretical concept approach but with a historical anthropological view, the object of research was the genesis and the comparative study of classical text. The formative period of this medical system is an important point of discussion among the ayurvedists authors about the historical genesis of Ayurveda. We are going to research the most important and respectable classical text in a comparative study and at the same time we are going to try to suggest a historical genesis of Ayurveda grounded in the primary and secondary sources of the western and eastern scholars and classical authors (the Ayurvedic samhitas) that we could have access during this four years of doctorate course at the Instituto de Medicina Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ.
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Power, Richenda Maeve. "The whole idea of medicine : a critical evaluation of the emergence of 'holistic medicine' in Britain in the early 1980s." Thesis, London South Bank University, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303989.

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O'Rourke, Patricia Mary. "Complementary and alternative medicine : nature, origins, ethics and regulation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ63987.pdf.

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Bhargava, Vibha. "Demand for complementary and alternative medicine an economic analysis /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1181736111.

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Derkatch, Colleen Joan. "Rhetorical boundaries in the "new science" of alternative medicine." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14201.

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This dissertation investigates scientific studies of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as episodes of scientific boundary work: these studies shift, and then seek to fix, the boundaries between what counts as proper medical science and what does not. Rhetoric scholars have mapped sites of boundary work both in science and in various CAM practices, but there is still some question of how biomedicine itself responds to challenges to its borders—and, by extension, challenges to its social and epistemic authority. This dissertation examines the rhetorical constituents of biomedical boundary work by analyzing a corpus of CAM-themed special issues of the journals of the American Medical Association from 1998, in which members of the medical profession consider the implications of including under biomedicine’s purview health practices formerly considered outside it. The project examines this corpus, and responses published in both medical and popular outlets, to illuminate some of the ways in which members of a culturally dominant profession evaluate medical therapies in the face of disciplinary unrest, both within and beyond the borders of their profession. The chapters move from contexts internal to medicine to those external, mapping, sequentially, the historical-professional, epistemological, clinical, and popular dimensions of biomedical boundary work. The project aims to provide a more nuanced, stratified account of the rhetorical negotiation of medical and scientific boundaries. Its main claim is that, despite the willingness of many medical researchers and practitioners to elide distinctions between mainstream and alternative medicine, this research on CAM, and its related activities (i.e., publication, clinical practice), ultimately strengthen those distinctions and expand science’s authority in medicine.
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Fogle, Peggy. "Practices and attitudes toward alternative medicine among college students." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5514/.

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This study assesses practices of college students (N=913) toward alternative medicine, relationships of students' health locus of control with practices of alternative medicine, and relationships of students' attitudes toward alternative medicine and health locus of control. A principal components factor analysis established construct validity of the author-designed Attitude Toward Alternative Medicine Scale, extracting three factors: Holistic Attitude/Control, Safety, and Satisfaction. Holistic Attitude/Control predicted use of alternative medicine (Wald =61.9, p < .01). A principal components factor analysis established construct validity of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale, extracting three factors: Internal Health Locus of Control, External-Chance, and External-Powerful Others. Internal Health Locus of Control significantly correlated with Holistic Attitude/Control (r = .35, p =.01).
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Beebe, Michele Morgen. "Use of complementary and alternative medicine among rural Montanans." Thesis, Montana State University, 2004. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2004/beebe/BeebeM0805.pdf.

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Verhovsek, Ester L. "Curriculum Change: Implementation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2592.

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Hsü, Elizabeth. "Transmission of knowledge, texts and treatment in Chinese medicine." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240101.

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Riccò, Isabella. "En busca de un «nuevo mundo mágico». De la medicina popular a las terapias New Age en un Occidente desencantado." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461159.

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Este proyecto de tesis surge tras una investigación previa que realicé sobre medicina popular en Emilia Romagna (Italia) y Cataluña (España) y que confirmó la presencia de rituales terapéuticos similares en los dos países. El objetivo principal de esta nueva investigación era analizar la transformación del «modelo clásico de medicina popular» a través del dialogo con las medicinas alternativas y complementarias (CAM) y las terapias New Age (NA). Asimismo, el estudio pretendía repensar el concepto de pluralismo asistencial en relación a las fuerzas locales y globales y al «sector paralelo de atención a la salud» (SPAS). La metodología empleada fue cualitativa, centrada principalmente en entrevistas, observación participante y grupos focales, además de la herramienta autoetnográfica. Las conclusiones más importantes sostienen que la medicina popular no debe considerarse solo como un hecho, sino como un continuum, dinámico, inscrito en el proceso de medicalización de las sociedades occidentales. Muchas de las terapias y creencias entendidas como «populares» y «tradicionales» en el pasado, han sido recuperadas y readaptadas mediante las CAM – NA, así como a través de Internet y de las redes sociales. Se ha destacado también la difusión de las CAM – NA en relación a situaciones de sufrimiento social, anomia y «tristeza crónica» generadas por la «nueva crisis de la presencia» de la sociedad capitalista. Los tratamientos alternativos se presentan como una forma de resistencia al sistema y una herramienta de reimplantación de un nuevo «mundo mágico». Sin embargo, tienen también el peligro de acabar reforzando la misma lógica capitalista a través de un «holismo individualista»
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Rausch, Kimberly B. "An exploration into complementary and alternative medicine at home and abroad." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1349767.

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The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy (WHCCAMP) suggests that CAM may be useful in contributing to the achievement of the nation's health objectives listed in Healthy People 2010 (Chapter 8: CAM and wellness in health promotion, 2002). The purpose of this study was to compare CAM practitioners and practices in Australia, where CAM has been embraced, to those in the United States. Overall there were many similarities and few differences between the two country's results. The themes that resulted from analyzing the transcripts of 5 in-depth interviews with practitioners included; collaboration and integration, community descriptions, general characteristics of practice, general characteristics of practitioner, growth and life purpose, holism, need for health culture change, personalized attention/tailored intervention, and technology use. The implications that resulted may inform users of CAM, students of medicine, and American citizens who desire safe alternative ways to improve their health.
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Wu, Siu-ping Mable. "Patients perceptions of traditional Chinese medicines." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31970862.

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Hobson, Lynsey. "Alternative sources of osteoprogenitor cells." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275006.

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Farrin, Jane Mary. "A comparison of the health beliefs, attitudes and behaviours of clients visiting a general practitioner and a naturopath /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PM/09pmf246.pdf.

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Burton, Andre S. "Meta Tag Usage and Credibility Factors in Alternative Medicine Websites." Thesis, School of Information and Library Science, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1901/76.

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Clearly, the wide range of health information sources on the World Wide Web has the potential to lead to distribution of inaccurate medical information from unqualified sources bringing a great risk. Given the growing number of Internet users that access health-related information, the need for a more standard means to validate web site content is apparent. This paper examines how source, information, timeliness, accessibility, and design factors impact web document credibility on a narrower health topic - Alternative Medicine. It also examines the contrasts of different levels of credibility with metadata usage as well as the relationships between metadata usage measures. These preliminary results and examinations give an overview of how metadata is currently being used in this subject area.
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Lunat, Imran. "Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use in HIV-positive patients." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1388.

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The standard anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS have significant side effects resulting in a lack of adherence and the emergence of multidrug resistant viral strains. These drugs are also expensive, making it essential to investigate all alternatives to classical HIV/AIDS treatment. A wide variety of nonconventional medicines are used by patients for the treatment HIV and for symptoms associated with HIV. So long as they are safe and effective, traditional, complementary and alternative medicines (TCAMs) may be considered more advantageous for developing countries as they are relatively cheap, more accessible and widely accepted by local populations. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of TCAM use in HIV-positive patients, prior to, and during ARV therapy. The study was exploratory, cross sectional and observational in nature. Participants were selected via convenience sampling from the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, and included 244 HIV-positive patients, 29 health care professionals (HCPs) and 30 traditional, complementary and alternative practitioners (TCAMPs). A wide variety of TCAMs were used by the sample population. These medicines were more commonly used by non-ARV patients (36 percent) compared with ARV patients (22 percent). A significant statistical difference in TCAM use between the ARV and non- ARV population was found in relation to education, employment, period of status awareness, patient opinion of personal health and the reasons for TCAM use. Amongst the HCPs, 24 percent recommended TCAM use prior to ARVs, and 55 percent were aware of patients self-prescribing before and during ARV treatment. Amongst the TCAMPs, 90 percent provided a wide range of TCAMs for HIV, with some giving consideration to conventional management. TCAMs are commonly used by HIV-positive patients on ARVs, as well as by those not on ARVs. These medicines are also the preferred form of treatment for those not seeking conventional treatment. TCAMs are widely available and recommended by TCAMPs as well as some HCPs. Due to public health concerns, clinical trials of the widely used TCAMs are crucial in order to establish the safety and efficacy of these medicines in HIV.
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Young, Miu-ning, and 楊妙寧. "Is behavioral intervention an alternative medicine in childhood/adolescent ADHD?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48427202.

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Objectives: The objective of this project is to examine the effectiveness of non-pharmacological intervention - behavioral therapy for ADHD children so as to determine whether this is as an alternative medical therapy for ADHD children. Background: Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral disease in child. Symptoms can continue through adolescence and adulthood. Children suffering from ADHD disorders have symptoms of hyperactivity, failure to concentrate on activities and poor behavioral control. There are three sub-types of ADHD disorder, namely; hyperactive dominant type, inattentive dominant type and combined type. There are increasing numbers of children who are referred to child psychiatrists with an ADHD diagnosis internationally. In Hong Kong, ADHD contributes the majority of patients seen in child psychiatric clinics. The prevalence rate of ADHD in Hong Kong is 6.1% in primary school students and represents a similar rate to that reported worldwide. Methods: A literature search was conducted via Medline, PubMed and Google, to find relevant studies reviewing the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for ADHD children. Result: Nine articles were identified that matched the inclusion criteria for this review. These studies concern behavioral interventions for ADHD children and include a range of behavioral and cognitive behavioral approaches. Two of these nine articles provided evidence that for pre-school children aged up to six years old, parent-training programs were effective in improving ADHD symptoms. Six of these nine articles provided evidence that for school aged children providing mixed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Social Skills Training (SST) along with parallel group sessions for parents are beneficial to ADHD children. One of these nine articles provided evidence that CBT is beneficial in adopting appropriate coping skills in ADHD children. Conclusions: In views of the concerns about use of drug therapy for ADHD, behavioral intervention appears to be feasible and potentially effective as an alternative medicine for children with ADHD.
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Bair, Yalili Angulo. "Use of complementary and alternative medicine during the menopause transition /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2003. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.

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Das, Minakshi. "Ayurveda as Medicine." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703331/.

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Complimentary and alternate medicine, especially Ayurveda is gaining popularity in United States. However, there are various barriers that people face in adopting Ayurvedic practices into their lives and making cultural, familial and societal changes to better their health. This research explores these relationships and barriers behind why some people adopt and are able/unable to sustain Ayurvedic practices in the presence of traditional bio-medicine.
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Blackwelder, Reid B. "AAFP Home Study Self-Assessment Monograph on Complementary and Alternative Medicine." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1997. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6923.

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Goldner, Melinda Ann. "Explaining the success of the alternative health care movement : how integrative medicine is expanding western medicine /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148795015359997.

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Lim, Eun Jin. "Model of Integrative Medicine: How Complementary and Alternative Medicine Has Been Integrated into Conventional Cancer Care." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/16874.

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An emerging trend in health care is the increased use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by consumers. This has led to the integration of CAM services into conventional hospital settings, which is often called integrative medicine (IM). This is most commonly seen for the management of cancer-related symptoms and side effects. This study sets out to understand different approaches to IM models of care through a comprehensive assessment of what is known about IM, evaluation of how IM operates in a number of major centres, and a comparison between the main models across three countries. Our scoping review identified five main models of IM that could be categorised into three systems (independent, dependent, and integrative). These differing models and systems depict a range of philosophical, theoretical, and practical considerations in the execution of IM models of care; moving from a focus on providers to a focus on patient centred care. The insights developed in our review were then applied to investigate the structure of IM centres and to explore the experiences of senior stakeholders of IM centres in three Western countries - the USA, Germany, and Australia. Centres in the USA and Germany were identified from their prominence in the literature, while Australian centres were identified as part of a scoping exercise that determined the proportion of cancer hospitals providing supportive care and CAM services. A mixed methods approach that incorporated survey and interview data was used to explore the IM models in operation. All of the IM centres emphasised the need for collaboration and engagement between all stakeholders. The German and USA centres retained a strong emphasis on physician-focused care while Australian centres demonstrated a greater focus on patient-centred care. The patient-centred care model requires recognition of the need to personalise medical care, including CAM, for the individual, and the requirement for more collaboration between disciplines, within teams and between staff and patients. Patient-centred care appears to represent the future direction of health care services. An organisational assessment tool was developed based on the results of this study to determine the level of integration of individual IM centres. The tool was applied to Australian IM centres. The majority of the Australian centres were evaluated as level 3 of collaboration, which indicates that in these centres CAM is integrated into the hospital system, but that the expansion of the CAM program is controlled by the hospital. The organisational assessment tool provides a means of assessing where a service sits on this matrix and could be used to plan service development. IM healthcare is complex and requires an understanding of the contextual and philosophical background of both conventional medicine and CAM in order to identify and address key barriers from both medical paradigms. Collaboration and engagement between all stakeholders is essential to meet the demands of patients seeking IM care, and to provide safe patient-centred care.
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Tyreman, Stephen John. "The concept of function in osteopathy and conventional medicine : a comparative study." Thesis, Open University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368805.

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Li, Yang. "Developing new immuno-oncology drugs from traditional Chinese medicine." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2020. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/878.

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The most exciting area in current cancer research is immuno-oncology, which aims to develop immunotherapy that activates the human immune system to attack cancers. However, we still lack broadly effective drugs and drug targets for this promising new cancer treatment modality. In an attempt to seek new immuno-oncology drugs that particularly target the antitumor innate immunity, our lab had previously screened traditional Chinese herbal medicine and found that water extract from a medicinal plant, Alocasia Cucullata (AC), has strong anticancer activity in mouse solid tumor models and acts partly by promoting antitumor, proinflammatory macrophages. However, the active components responsible for this exciting immuno-oncology activity and the corresponding immune targets are unknown. Therefore, the aim of my PhD study is to develop chemical biology strategies to isolate and purify the active components of AC from the crude water extract and identify the corresponding cellular targets and mechanisms. Results from my study identified two separable activities and active components, one smaller than 3K and the other larger than 100K, which work synergistically to simulate antitumor macrophages. Further analysis revealed the >100K active component is a large polysaccharide that binds to multiple Toll-like Receptors (TLRs) critical for activating proinflammatory M1-type macrophages. Identity of the Nonetheless, I was able to clean up this fraction by 50 fold and perform RNAseq to examine the innate immune targets of this intriguing drug lead and found it acts to differentiate monocytes to macrophages. Overall my PhD thesis has explored new chemical biology strategies to purify and characterize active components from traditional Chinese medicine towards new drug development and developed a variety of cell-based immune activity assays for identifying and characterizing novel innate immune drug targets and mechanisms
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Blevins, Joshua David. "West Virginians' perceptions and use of complementary medicine." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1751.

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Vincent, Dawn A. "Acceptance of complementary and alternative medicine among pediatric patients with diabetes." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1366504.

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The purpose of this research study was to determine the acceptability of complementary and alternative medicine use in a pediatric population with diabetes. Subjects included 76 patients who attend or have previously attended a diabetes clinic at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana.Once patient and parent approval had been granted, the researcher conducted a telephone interview to gather information. Using SPSS statistical software, frequencies and Chi-squared analysis were performed on the data collected. It was revealed that although subjects had a wide variety of concerns with the use of CAM and were unsure about whether it "could heal diabetes or other health problems," a majority were willing to try CAM. Results also indicated that willingness to try CAM was not affected by the age of the child, the type of diabetes present, use of insulin or special diet, or current use of a vitamin or supplement.
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Johnson, Phaedra. "Health care workers' attitudes towards and perceived knowledge of complementary and alternative medicine at Baldwin Area Medical Center." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003johnsonp.pdf.

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Hargrove, Tannis Mardece. "A phenomenological study of reiki practitioners and their perceptions of reiki as it relates to their personal health." CONNECT TO THIS TITLE ONLINE, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-05282008-162819/.

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Bates, Nora. "Alternative healing as a complement to traditional, western therapy." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000batesn.pdf.

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Krueger, Marie B. "Identifying the movement with no name an evaluation of the 2000 UW-Stout Body, Mind and Spirit Conference /." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001kruegerm.pdf.

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Rode, Dorena. "Approaches to investigating natural products and botanicals used in alternative medicine /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2004. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.

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Versnik, Nowak Amy L. "Predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use among Texas university undergraduates." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4132.

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Research regarding use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among all populations in America is needed to understand what seems to be an increasing trend. Education has been shown to be a significant determinant of CAM use, therefore, college students are likely to be CAM users. Little research has addressed the prevalence and predictors of CAM use among this population, so the purpose of this study was to: (1) measure the prevalence and type of CAM use among a sample of college undergraduates; and (2) test the significance of select social-cognitive constructs and demographics as predictors of CAM use. A random sample of undergraduate students within the Texas A&M University System was solicited via email to complete a web-based survey. Findings show high rates of CAM use. Gender, attitude toward CAM, outcome expectancies regarding the health care encounter, and social network use of CAM were shown to be significant predictors of CAM use. Results can inform health care and health education professionals interested in improving health care processes and addressing positive and negative issues related to CAM use.
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