Learning Objectives
In this section, the student will:
- Discuss the benefits and/or risks of the most common complementary health approaches
- Discuss the use of integrated practices in various chronic disease processes
- Identify integrated approaches that can assist in pain management
- Discuss the use of integrated approaches to promote the development of healthy behaviors in clients with chronic disease
- Discuss insurance coverage of terms complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies
Resources
- Complementary, Alternative, or Integrative Health: What’s In a Name?; from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- Complementary Health Approaches for Chronic Pain; from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- Complementary Health Approaches; from the National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Advisory: Complementary Health Approaches, Advising Clients About Evidence and Risks; from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- 5 Things You Should Know: The Science of Chronic Pain and Complementary Health Practices; from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM); from the American Chronic Pain Association
- Paying for Complementary Health Approaches; from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- How to Get Your Medical Insurer to Cover Alternative Medicine Treatments; from Health Media Ventures, Inc.
WCC Students
Complementary & Alternative Medicine (via Salem Press or print Reference R733 .C66 2012 v.1-4)
800 alphabetically arranged essays. Includes history, alternative vs. traditional medicine, children’s health, insurance coverage, pain management, and spirituality.
