Justifications for using complementary and alternative medicine reported by persons with musculoskeletal conditions: A narrative literature synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is very popular with patients frequently combining it with orthodox health care. The high prevalence of CAM use and satisfaction with CAM reported by patients directly challenges an orthodox system that can only approve such use if it results from the application of biomedical concepts and science. Studies highlighting this as a cultural, sociological and historical phenomenon emphasise the value of choice for consumers of health care. Musculoskeletal conditions typify common problems for which the effectiveness of orthodox care is often unclear. We postulated that the reasons people give for using or not using CAM for musculoskeletal conditions, would therefore indicate the full range of expectations that people have of healt

SUBMITTER: Corp N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6053199 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature