"Complementary Therapies for the Contemporary Healthcare" ed. by Marcelo Saad and Roberta de Medeiros
"Complementary Therapies for the Contemporary Healthcare" ed. by Marcelo Saad and Roberta de Medeiros
Publisher: InTeOp | 2012 | ISBN-13: 9789535108016 | 243 pages | PDF | 5,37 MB
Publisher: InTeOp | 2012 | ISBN-13: 9789535108016 | 243 pages | PDF | 5,37 MB
The concepts of health, illness and healing have evolved over the centuries. But it was always a concern of humanity to eliminate suffering and prevent death. The resources used for these purposes were evolving as knowledge about the nature of the diseases improved. Modern medicine achieved amazing progresses but, in recent years, many patients have expressed their dissatisfaction with the conventional healthcare because of its increasingly technical approach, morbidity by the side effects of treatment and the absence of cure for certain diseases. Complementary therapies (CTs) are practices, products or systems for health that are outside the domain of conventional medicine (also called Western or allopathic medicine), used either to treat illnesses or to promote health and well-being. Defining CTs is difficult, because the field is very broad and constantly changing. The list of what is considered CT changes continually, and therapies whose safety and effectiveness are demonstrated may become part of conventional medicine.