Assignment: CAM Therapeutic Modalities Paper
Resource: NCCAM website.
Write a 700- to 900 word paper that describes an overview of CAM and its categories of treatments. Include the following:
• Compare and contrast conventional current regulations and oversights that exist in the United States with that of nonconventional medicine.
• Define the terms alternative, complementary, and integrative in relation to medicine and clarify how these terms are different.
• Describe how conventional medicine plays a role in these three terms.
• Examine the philosophy of CAM and how it relates to or is different from conventional Western medicine.
• Describe how NCCAM classifies Complementary Health Approaches.
• Select one CAM treatment therapy (modality) from among the complementary health approaches and describe it.
• Using one medical condition, describe how your chosen therapy can be used as an alternative, a complementary, or an integrative therapy for that specific medical condition.
• Include the results of scientific studies that show a clinical benefit from the example selected, if available.
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.