CAM Therapeutic Modalities Paper

CAM Therapeutic Modalities Paper

Resource NCCAM 

website located athttp://nccam.nih.gov/
 
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that describes an overview of CAM and its categories of treatments. The following areas should be addressed:
 
•	Define the terms alternative medicine, complementary medicine, and integrative medicine and clarify how these terms differ.
 
•	Describe how conventional medicine plays a role in these three terms.
 
•	Review the philosophy of CAM and how it relates to or is different from conventional Western medicine.
 
•	Describe the five domains of therapies according the NCCAM website.
 
•	Research and describe one CAM treatment modality within one of the five NCCAM domains and give an example of how such a therapy could be used as an alternative therapy, a complementary therapy, and an integrative therapy for a specific medical condition. Explain how each example meets the definition of alternative, complementary, or integrative therapy and support the rationale for each of your selections.
 
Note. There should be a total of 3 examples in the completed assignment.
 
•	Include the results of scientific studies, if available, that show a clinical benefit from the examples selected.
 
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.