Exam 17: Complementary and Integrative Medicine

"A group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine" defines which medical grouping?

St.John's wort, an herbal remedy, has been shown to be beneficial for people with mild depression.

Herbal medicines are regulated under the

In the year 2007, the United States spent approximately what percentage of its gross domestic product on health care?

The therapy that involves a practitioner using a number of different hand positions over a patient's body to channel and direct healing energy is called

Massage has been shown to be beneficial for doing all of the following EXCEPT

The concept that the whole body can be reduced to its component parts-that the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts-is known as a(n) ________ way of thinking.

Goals of integrative medicine include all of the following EXCEPT

Health care spending within the United States is the third highest in the world.

Alternative medicine treatments are difficult to research because treatments are often personalized.

Last night, while watching television, you saw an advertisement for a new prescription allergy medication.This type of advertisement is an example of

Ayurvedic medicine originated in which country, where it remains widely practiced?

Hypnosis is the use of intentional relaxation and focusing exercises to produce an altered state of consciousness (a trance-like state) in which a person is more responsive to suggestion.

The treatment in which heat is applied to acupuncture points by burning an herb is called ________.

Which of the following health practices incorporates a concept of spine subluxation-a misalignment, displacement, or dislocation of vertebrae in the spinal column-as a cause of illness?

Which of the following medical systems incorporates a basic concept that good health stems from the free flow of qi (or chi), vital energy or life force, through the body?

Chiropractic medicine is based on the belief that illness is due to ________, a misalignment, displacement, or dislocation of a vertebra.

Long used to treat pain, especially chronic pain such as arthritis, ________ produce a measurable energy called a field.

Changes in advertising regulations by the Food and Drug Administration in 1997 prompted a reduction in direct-to-consumer ads.

Important factors to consider when making a health care decision include all of the following EXCEPT