PRELIMINARY TERM - PART 2 Flashcards
Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997
RA 8423
This act is known as the “Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997” and was established in __________.
1999
It is an act that is responsible in the creation of the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC), which aims to accelerate the development of traditional and alternative health care in the Philippines.
“Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997”
the sum total of knowledge, skills and practices on health care, other than those embodied in biomedicine, used in the prevention, diagnosis and elimination of physical or mental disorder.
“Traditional and alternative health care”
the sum total of knowledge, skills, and practice
on health care, not necessarily explicable in the context of modern, scientific philosophical framework, but recognized by the people to help maintain and
improve their health towards the wholeness of their being, the community and society, and their interrelations based on culture, history, heritage, and
consciousness.
“Traditional medicine”
that discipline of medical care advocating therapy with remedies that produce effects differing from those of the diseases treated.
“Biomedicine”
finished, labelled, medicinal products that contain as active ingredient/s serial or underground part/s of plant or other materials or combination thereof, whether in the crude state or as plant preparations.
“Herbal medicines”
those foods that grow spontaneously in nature whether ornot they are tended by man. It also refers to foods that have been prepared from grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, meats, fish, eggs, honey, raw milk, and the like,
without the use or addition of additives, preservatives, artificial colors and flavors, or manufactured chemicals of any sort after harvest or slaughter.
“Natural product”
any and all operations involved in the production,
including preparation, propagation, processing, formulating, filling, packing, repacking, altering, ornamenting, finishing, or otherwise changing
the container, wrapper, or labelling of a consumer product in the furtherance of the distribution of the same from the original place of manufacture to the person who makes the final delivery or sale to the
ultimate consumer.
“Manufacture”
the relatively old, highly respected people with a
profound knowledge of traditional remedies.
“Traditional healers”
is the legal basis by which the indigenous
communities exercise their rights to have access to, protect, control over their cultural knowledge and product, including, but not limited to, traditional medicines, and includes the right to receive compensation for it.
“Intellectual property rights”
Republic Act 8423 (R.A. 8423) mandates the ___________
Philippine Institute of Traditional and
Alternative Health Care (PITAHC)
“to improve the quality and delivery of health care services to the Filipino people through the development of traditional and alternative health care and its integration into the national health care delivery system“.
Republic Act 8423 (R.A. 8423)
Is the term used to describe the treatment of medical conditions with medications, by doctors, nurses and other conventional healthcare providers who employ methods developed according to Western medical and scientific tradition.
Western Medicine
Encompasses all types of conventional medical treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and physical therapy
Western Medicine
