are several different subsets of CAM which include natural healing systems called whole medical systems, which include ancient medical systems such as Ayurvedic medicine from India and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as well as acupuncture, naturopathy, and homeopathy; dietary therapy, which includes supplements, herbal remedies, and nutritional therapy; biologic therapies, including detoxification dieting, aromatherapy, and essential oil use; and mind-body medicine, which seeks to treat a…
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Since time immemorial microorganisms have played a significant role in the life of mankind owing to the production of the myriad enzymes and secondary compounds that they synthesize (Demain 1981). These micro organism live in a highly diverse environment ranging from hot springs to deep ocean sediments. In the hyper diverse environment where one can find a specialized and unique biological niche is the intracellular space between cells of higher plants acts as suite and…
Unit Title: Introduction to Medical Tourism Structure: Medical Tourism or Health Tourism refers to the travel of people to another country for receiving medical treatment in that country. In the past, people from developing countries travelled to developed countries for treatments that were either not available or were not of the required standards in their own countries. Although this pattern still continues, the trend in recent years is for people from the developed countries to travel to the…
Task Shifting – An Alternative Survival Strategy for Health-care Organizations Architha Aithal1, and P. S. Aithal2 1Third year Pharma D., Srinivas College of Pharmacy, Valachil, Mangalore-574143, INDIA 2Srinivas Institute of Management Studies, Srinivas University, Mangalore – 575001, India E-mail : psaithal@gmail.com ABSTRACT There are many types of strategies to be followed by managers and leaders depending on the type of problems, objectives, circumstances, privileges, preferences,…