Re-emergence of other healing paradigms Flashcards
Alternative medicine
Approaches to health care outside of current widely accepted biomedical framework
Alternative medical systems
Complete systems of theory and practice (including homeopathy, naturopathy, traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda)
Ayurveda
Traditional medical system in India
Biologically based therapies
Include use of herbs, foods, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements
Body-energy therapies
Health and disease are functions of the flow and balance of life energies
Body-spirit therapies
- Forces beyond material universe influence health and disease
Chiropractic
A type of manipulative and body-based healing method
Complementary medicine
Works in conjunction w/ biomed, rather than in opposition to it
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
- Wide array of healing practices
- Most outside of typical biomed practices and may have an ancient/indigenous history
Energy therapies
Use and manipulation of energy fields
Holism
- 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
Homeopathy
Alt approach to medicine based on belief that natural substances, prepared in a special way and used most often in small amounts, restore health
Integrative medicine
Approach to medicine that combines biomed and CAM
Manipulative and body-based methods
Chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation and massage
Medical pluralism
Existence of a diversity of medical perspectives
Mind-body interventions
Patient support groups, meditation prayer, spiritual healing, therapies that use creative outlets (e.g. art, music, dance, etc.)
Mind-body therapies
Assume that stress, psych coping styles and social supports primarily determine health and disease
Naturopathy
Use of natural remedies to promote healing (E.g. herbal medicine, massages, acupuncture, holistic nutrition)
Osteopathy
Restore normal function of joints to help body heal itself
Physiotherapy
Restore movement and functions when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability
Professionalization
- Practitioners adhere to set of legal requirements to create uniformly regulated standard of quality
- Allows professions to asset legitimacy and competence amid other vocations
Pull factor
Pulled to CAM b/c treatments are compatible w/ world views and personal beliefs
Push factor
Pushed toward CAM b/c of dissatisfaction w/ conventional medicine
Quackery
Giving false, unfounded impression of using scientific method and rationale
Reiki
- 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
Social constructionism
Theory that holds that knowledge, definitions and social roles aren’t fixed/inherent but are dynamic product of society (e.g. gender roles)
Subtle/bio-field energy
Life force energy that causes sensations like heat, tingling and vibrations when healing
Body paradigm
- Works through biologic mechanisms
Therapeutic relationships
Assume that relationship b/w practitioner and client is inherently beneficial and acts as catalyst for self-healing
Vitalism
Concept that human life is a result of universal/spiritual energy force
