What complementary and alternative medicine practitioners say about health and health care

B Barrett, L Marchand, J Scheder… - The Annals of Family …, 2004 - Annals Family Med
BACKGROUND We wanted to explore the beliefs and practices of complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners. METHODS A representative sample of local CAM …

Treat or treatment: a qualitative study analyzing patients' use of complementary and alternative medicine

FL Bishop, L Yardley, GT Lewith - American journal of …, 2008 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We analyzed how patients use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
and examined how patients' perspectives relate to existing, expert-led taxonomies. Methods …

Complementary and alternative medicine in US family medicine practices: a pilot qualitative study.

JL Hamilton, B Roemheld-Hamm… - … Therapies in Health …, 2008 - search.ebscohost.com
CONTEXT: The growth of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has led some
family medicine practices to include CAM. Acupuncture or herbal medicine, for example …

Integrating complementary and alternative medicine into conventional primary care: the patient perspective

M Frenkel, EB Arye, C Carlson, V Sierpina - Explore, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore perspectives on integrating
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into the conventional primary care setting …

Bridging the gap between conventional and alternative medicine.

B Barrett, L Marchand, J Scheder… - Journal of Family …, 2000 - search.ebscohost.com
BACKGROUND• The use of various forms of complementary and alternative medicine
(CAM) has become widespread. We investigated this use in Madison, Wisconsin …

Exploring the role of complementary and alternative medicine in public health practice and training

A Burke, K Ginzburg, K Collie… - Journal of Alternative …, 2005 - liebertpub.com
Objectives: Consumer use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United
States continues to expand. Although conventional medicine has responded actively, the …

Attitudes toward integration of complementary and alternative medicine in primary care: perspectives of patients, physicians and complementary practitioners

E Ben-Arye, M Frenkel, A Klein, M Scharf - Patient education and …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Our study explored the attitudes of patients toward complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) use, their family physicians' role regarding CAM, and models for …

Actions speak louder than words: mainstream health providers' definitions and behaviour regarding complementary and alternative medicine

KA Hirschkorn, IL Bourgeault - Complementary Therapies in Clinical …, 2007 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to explore how mainstream practitioners define and categorize
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as one component of assessing their views …

Why do chronic illness patients decide to use complementary and alternative medicine? A qualitative study

A Chatterjee - Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and purpose A substantial proportion of European and American people now
use healthcare options known as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). This …

A literature review of health care professional attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine

MJ Sewitch, M Cepoiu, N Rigillo… - Complementary …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. To summarize health care professionals' attitudes toward complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM). Methods. In October 2006, we searched Allied and …