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De fuck is CAM?
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Complementary and alternative medicine.
According to Harvard its anything not taught in med schools (thats a form of therapy that is) |
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Relationships between the medical
profession and CAM 4 types |
1. Monopolistic: Medical practitioners have exclusive right to practice, all other forms of healing illegal
2. Tolerant State-funded medical system exclusive to medical professionals, but people can pay privately for CAM 3. Parallel Two distinct services available, both accessible to patients 4. Integrated all medicine regulated to ensure standards of training and practice. |
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Who uses CAM?
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1. Earnest seekers- trying anything to be cured
2. Stable users- use CAM for most problems 3. Eclectic users- pick CAM for some problems 4. One-off users |
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What type of people are more likely to use CAM
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1. Women use CAM more often
2. People aged 35-60 3. Higher SES, education levels 4. >75% have musculoskeletal problems |
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Key perceptions of CAM
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1. Traditional- its been around for years, not necesarily true
2. Holistic-CAM seen as trying to understand illness in the context of the whole person 3. Its natural 4. Life as energy- Chi and all that jazz 5. Patient led |
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Does CAM work?
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It does if patients believe it does and the ones who do already believed it before they get treated.
Its really hard to compare CAM to normal med coz there is too many variables for a fair test so theres no real proof |
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Summary
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CAM is very difficulty to define
CAM research not applicable across all types? • CAM is used by a significant number of people. Users also use conventional medicine CAM is surrounded by myths • CAM generally does not work under the biomedical model. But people don’t seem to care! • Need to learn lessons from CAM’s success? |
