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Re-emergence of other healing paradigms Flashcards

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Alternative medicine

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Approaches to health care outside of current widely accepted biomedical framework

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Alternative medical systems

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Complete systems of theory and practice (including homeopathy, naturopathy, traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda)

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Ayurveda

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Traditional medical system in India

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Biologically based therapies

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Include use of herbs, foods, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements

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Body-energy therapies

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Health and disease are functions of the flow and balance of life energies

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Body-spirit therapies

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  • Forces beyond material universe influence health and disease
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Chiropractic

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A type of manipulative and body-based healing method

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Complementary medicine

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Works in conjunction w/ biomed, rather than in opposition to it

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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

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  • Wide array of healing practices
  • Most outside of typical biomed practices and may have an ancient/indigenous history
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Energy therapies

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Use and manipulation of energy fields

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Holism

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  • Notion that health and disease can be understood only by approaching individual as a whole (physical body, mental state, social factor,s environment, etc.)
  • Individual is greater than the sum of their parts
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Homeopathy

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Alt approach to medicine based on belief that natural substances, prepared in a special way and used most often in small amounts, restore health

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Integrative medicine

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Approach to medicine that combines biomed and CAM

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Manipulative and body-based methods

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Chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation and massage

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Medical pluralism

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Existence of a diversity of medical perspectives

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Mind-body interventions

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Patient support groups, meditation prayer, spiritual healing, therapies that use creative outlets (e.g. art, music, dance, etc.)

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Mind-body therapies

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Assume that stress, psych coping styles and social supports primarily determine health and disease

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Naturopathy

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Use of natural remedies to promote healing (E.g. herbal medicine, massages, acupuncture, holistic nutrition)

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Osteopathy

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Restore normal function of joints to help body heal itself

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Physiotherapy

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Restore movement and functions when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability

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Professionalization

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  • Practitioners adhere to set of legal requirements to create uniformly regulated standard of quality
  • Allows professions to asset legitimacy and competence amid other vocations
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Pull factor

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Pulled to CAM b/c treatments are compatible w/ world views and personal beliefs

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Push factor

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Pushed toward CAM b/c of dissatisfaction w/ conventional medicine

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Quackery

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Giving false, unfounded impression of using scientific method and rationale

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Reiki

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  • Originated in Japan
  • Basis that person may feel unwell as a result of low/problematic life force energy
  • Use hands to manipulate energy, encouraging person’s life force to flow smoothly
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Social constructionism

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Theory that holds that knowledge, definitions and social roles aren’t fixed/inherent but are dynamic product of society (e.g. gender roles)

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Subtle/bio-field energy

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Life force energy that causes sensations like heat, tingling and vibrations when healing

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Body paradigm

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  • Works through biologic mechanisms
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Therapeutic relationships

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Assume that relationship b/w practitioner and client is inherently beneficial and acts as catalyst for self-healing

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Vitalism

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Concept that human life is a result of universal/spiritual energy force

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