Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Article for reference:

Chong, O. (2006). An integrative approach to addressing clinical issues in

complementary and alternative medicine in an Outpatient Oncology Center. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 10(1), 83–89.

Critique the Chong article and prepare an APA style–referenced four to five-page response to the following questions:

• Summarize in your own words the National Institutes of Health (NIH) definition of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM).
• Provide reasons for nondisclosure of CAM use among patients.
• What are the reasons for using CAM among patients? Justify your answer using examples and reasoning.
• What is the role of the clinical nurse practitioner?
• Review at least one additional scholarly research article that supports or refutes the claims made in the Chong article.
• Compare and contrast the results discussed in each article.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Order Description
Write a paper on the ways in which various complementary and alternative medical therapies (CAM)can be blended with conventional medicine to treat one of these conditions: arthritis, menopause, migraine, obesity, insomnia, depression, back pain, or ibs.

Should include:
1. condition. define and describe
2. conventional treatment. Describe the current conventional medical treatment.
3. complementary and Alternative treatment. Discuss and critically assess the CAM medical therapies proposed to treat the condition.
4. Combined treatment. Suggest how conventional and CAM therapies could be blended.
5. Risks or benefits of combining CAM and conventional medicine.
6. Conclusions
7. References. List all references and cite literature that you used to write this assignment.
Use primary research articles as much as possible.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Order Description
Write a paper on the ways in which various complementary and alternative medical therapies (CAM)can be blended with conventional medicine to treat one of these conditions: arthritis, menopause, migraine, obesity, insomnia, depression, back pain, or ibs.

Should include:
1. condition. define and describe
2. conventional treatment. Describe the current conventional medical treatment.
3. complementary and Alternative treatment. Discuss and critically assess the CAM medical therapies proposed to treat the condition.
4. Combined treatment. Suggest how conventional and CAM therapies could be blended.
5. Risks or benefits of combining CAM and conventional medicine.
6. Conclusions
7. References. List all references and cite literature that you used to write this assignment.
Use primary research articles as much as possible.