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Complementary and Alternative Medicine questionswith correct answers
definition: a group of diverse medical and healthcare systems, practices,
and products that are not generally considered to be part of
CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE Correct Answer-complementary and
alternative medicine
as defined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. and D.O. degrees and by allied
health professionals, such as physical therapists, psychologists, and
registered nurses Correct Answer-conventional medicine (also called
Western or allopathic medicine)
used TOGETHER WITH conventional medicine
complementary/alternative medicine? Correct Answer-complementary
used IN PLACE OF conventional medicine
complementary/alternative medicine? Correct Answer-alternative
when conventional medicine interventions are used in combination with
CAM therapies that have been scientifically proven to be safe and
, effective, then the resulting practice is known as? Correct Answer-
integrative medicine
true or false: CAM use among adults has remained relatively steady
from 2002 to 2007 Correct Answer-true
- 2002 - 36%
- 2007 - 38.3%
- children (2007) - 11.8%
which category of CAM practice cuts across all domains? Correct
Answer-whole medical systems
CAM use is greatest among those aged? Correct Answer-30-69
CAM use is greater among what ethnicity? Correct Answer-American
Indians/Alaska Natives (50.3% among adults)
- white - 43.1%
- Asian - 39.9%
- black - 25.5%
- Hispanic - 23.7%
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