CAM Therapy

Question 1

What is another term for mainstream medicine?

Select one:

a. Ancient
b. Eastern
c. Traditional
d. Conventional

Answer 1

d. Conventional

Question 2

What is another term for complementary and alternative medicine?

Select one:

a. Conventional
b. Traditional
c. Orthodox
d. Modern

Answer 2

b. Traditional

Question 3

Who was the founder of the philosophical view that the mind and body are separate?

Select one:

a. Sir Isaac Newton
b. Hippocrates
c. Ren’e Descartes
d. William Osler

Answer 3

c. Ren’e Descartes

Question 4

All CAM therapies are based on which of the following beliefs?

Select one:

a. All people are more than physical bodies with fixable and replaceable parts
b. Natural substances are always most effective
c. Modern medicine lacks compassion for the needs of people
d. Pharmaceuticals are harmful to people

Answer 4

a. All people are more than physical bodies with fixable and replaceable parts

Question 5

According to CAM practitioners, health is a condition of __________.

Select one:

a. morality
b. physical well being
c. mental stability
d. wholeness, balance and harmony

Answer 5

d. wholeness, balance and harmony

Question 6

One of the drawbacks of quantitative research is related to which of the following?

Select one:

a. It tends to be holistic in nature
b. It cannot explain the whole person as an integrated unit
c. It involves formulating and testing hypotheses
d. Every question is reduced to its smallest possible part

Answer 6

b. It cannot explain the whole person as an integrated unit

Question 7

Which type of research seeks to understand events in context-specific settings?

Select one:

a. Quantitative
b. Correlational
c. Qualitative
d. Randomized clinical trails

Answer 7

c. Qualitative

Question 8

Which of the following is a primary reason for choosing alternative therapies?

Select one:

a. Conventional medicine does not address symptoms
b. Conventional medicine is lacking and ineffective
c. Conventional medicine is non-invasive
d. Alternative therapies include spiritual healing

Answer 8

b. Conventional medicine is lacking and ineffective

Question 9

Balance in alternative therapies is best described as _______________.

Select one:

a. a unique path rather than a steady state
b. mental and emotional stability
c. homeostasis
d. physical strength

Answer 9

a. a unique path rather than a steady state

Question 10

Which of the following regarding energy do most alternative therapy practitioners agree upon?

Select one:

a. Energy comes from within each person
b. Matter and energy are exactly the same thing
c. Energy comes from one universal source
d. The earth has no energetic qualities

Answer 10

c. Energy comes from one universal source

Question 11

How many chakras exist in the human body?
Select one:
a. 4
b. 6
c. 7 
d. 9

Answer 11

c. 7

Question 12

Being grounded suggests that one ____________.

Select one:

a. lives in a constant state of immobility
b. has a solid foundation of stability and security
c. practices tai chi
d. uses crystal therapy

Answer 12

b. has a solid foundation of stability and security

Question 13

Where the medical-curing model is focused on diagnosis, the nursing-healing model is focused on ____________.

Select one:

a. combating disease
b. nurturing patients
c. treating the body as a machine
d. finding meaning

Answer 13

d. finding meaning

Question 14

A ______________ uses scientifically rigorous research methods to critically appraise data from multiple studies.

Select one:

a. systematic review
b. meta-analysis
c. experiment
d. case study

Answer 14

a. systematic review

Question 15

In 2007, adults spent ______ out of pocket on CAM.

Select one:

a. $10 Million
b. $100 Million
c. $2 Billion
d. $33 Billion

Answer 15

d. $33 Billion