What are your fellow Americans doing in this health care crisis? Complementary and alternative medicine have been on a great rise. Some of these include taking vitamins or supplements, massage, accupuncture, spiritual rituals, and many more. What is Complementary and Alternative medicine you might be asking. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine defines it as "a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine." This website offers many lists and definitions of complementary and alternative definitions and is a great resource. There is a difference between alternative and complementary medicine and that is that complementary is used along with conventional medicine while alternative is used in place of conventional medicine.
Many people partake in both complementary and alternative medicines to attempt to process healing either faster, in a different way, or because they can not afford conventional medicine practices because of lack of insurance. The question for you this week is would you be willing to try alternative or complementary medicines either because of financial ability or even to just experiment and see what is out there. I challenge you to check out the NCCAM website and see if it is something worth researching to you or if conventional medicine is something everyone should strive for.
Also as another resource check out Jadie's HED 209 Blog. Great creditable information from another creditable student.
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