INFORMED CONSENT IN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS: HOMOEOPATHY
Informed consent in Alternative Treatments: Definitions: alternative medicine noun noun: alternative medicine 1. any of a range of medical therapies that are not regarded as orthodox by the medical profession, such as herbalism, naturopathy, and crystal healing. Alternative medicine is any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine but is not based on evidence gathered using the scientific method Complementary medicine CAM is the abbreviation for Complementary and alternative medicine . Integrative medicine (or integrative health) is the combination of the practices and methods of alternative medicine with conventional medicine. WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES? The term Alternative Medicine means any form of medicine that is outside the mainstream of western medicine or conventional medicine as practiced a majority of doctors today....