· Define the terms alternative medicine, complementary medicine, and integrative medicine and clarify how these terms differ.
· Describe how conventional medicine plays a role in these three terms.
· Review the philosophy of CAM and how it relates to or is different from conventional Western medicine.
· Describe the five domains of therapies according the NCCAM website.
· Research and describe one CAM treatment modality within one of the five NCCAM domains and give an example of how such a therapy could be used as an alternative therapy, a complementary therapy, and an integrative therapy for a specific medical condition.
Explain how each example meets the definition of alternative, complementary, or integrative therapy and support the rationale for each of your selections.