This document discusses complementary and alternative medicine. It defines conventional medicine as mainstream western medicine, alternative medicine as therapies not considered orthodox, and complementary medicine as a combination of conventional and alternative therapies. It provides some statistics and demographics on alternative medicine and outlines various policies regarding FDA approval, drug company funding, a White House commission, and health insurance coverage of alternative therapies.
2. What is the difference:
● Conventional:mainstream or western medicine.
● Alternative:any medical therapies not regarded
as orthodox by medical professionals.
● Complementary: Combination of Conventional
and Alternative.
6. Policies for alternative medicine:
● FDA approval…
● Drug company funding
● White House Commission on
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Policy
● Coverage from health insurance and
Medicare
