[...]... disease: randomized, controlled clinical trials are essential J NIH Res 1997;9:33–39 91 Worton JC The history of complementary and alternative medicine In: Jonas WB, Levin JS, eds Essentials of complementary and alternative medicine Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999 CHAPTER 1 THE HISTORY OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE James C Whorton GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS The notion of complementary. .. understand what shapes our behavior toward health care, we must carefully examine these social forces The rise in interest and use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) reflects social changes in our models, values, and perceived benefit from modern health care practices in the last several decades THE RISING INTEREST IN COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Public and Professional Adoption of. .. exercise, and other health promotion and support approaches were considered outside of mainstream medicine until the last 20 years or P.10 so, but have now become more accepted and widely used in modern medicine These are examples of the “hygiene” approach that overlap conventional and complementary medicine THE INTEGRATION OF CAM AND CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE If we, as health care practitioners, scientists, and. .. breadth of clinical knowledge in complementary and alternative medicine and his wisdom and expertise in matters related to this field are what really made this book possible J S L INTRODUCTION: MODELS OF MEDICINE AND HEALING Wayne B Jonas Jeffrey S Levin PHYSICIANS ARE FACED DAILY WITH DISEASE, ILLNESS, SUFFERING, AND DEATH THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AIMS TO HELP CURE, TREAT, COMFORT, AND SAVE THE LIVES OF. .. despised alternative medicine is one of unceasing conflict with the medical establishment, during which an untold amount of bad feeling accumulated on both sides If alternative medicine is to be enfranchised scientifically and professionally, if it is to become complementary in fact and not just in aspiration, this historical legacy of mutual ill will must be addressed and overcome An awareness of the... healing system of India (20) ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE' S CRITIQUE OF ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE Despite the differences between Hahnemann's and Thomson's drug, or between Palmer's and Still's theories, the philosophy of healing and its implicit critique of allopathy was (and remains) the same for all alternative systems That philosophy was presented in a cartoon published in 1834, in the first issue of The Thomsonian... more “professionalized” themselves and are adopted into the mainstream Thus, we will always need ways of addressing alternative practices responsibly P.3 Responding to CAM The prominence and definition of unorthodox practices varies from generation to generation With the development of scientific medicine and advances in treatment of acute and infectious disease in this century, interest in alternatives... conventional medicine excels specifically in the provision of quality-controlled health care and the use of cutting-edge scientific findings CAM must adopt similar standards Conventional medicine is also the world's leader in the management of infectious, traumatic, and surgical diseases; in the study of pathology; and in biotechnology and drug development All medical practices, conventional and unconventional... should be approached with great caution Alternative medicine, like conventional medicine, has pros and cons, promotes bad ideas and good ones, and offers both benefits and risks Without critical assessment of what should be integrated and what should not, we risk developing a health care system that costs more, is less safe, and fails to address the management of chronic disease in a publicly responsible... scientific research underlying CAM therapies QUALITY OF CARE The formal components of medical doctor licensure are usually not required of various CAM providers These requirements include the content and length of time of training, testing, and certification; a defined scope of practice; review and audit; and professional liability with regulatory protection and statutory authorization complete with codified . Professor and Clinical Director Department of Complementary Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Clinic Director, MD Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, . research, and modes of clinical practice at the cutting edge of medicine. Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine represents just such a coming of age for an important new clinical and. Textbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and to serve as a clinical resource for practicing physicians and health care professionals and for medical and health professions students and