Complementary and Alternative Health Care and the Home Care Population

Cushman, Margaret J.; Hoffman, Margaret

doi:10.1177/1084822304264608

Home Health Care Management & Practice

2004

DOI: 10.1177/1084822304264608

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Complementary and Alternative Health Care and the Home Care Population

Margaret J. Cushman

Margaret Hoffman

Abstract: As the use of complementary and alternative medicine has steadily risen over recent years, it is safe to assume a significant portion of the home care population has or is using health treatment modalities outside of the conventional Western medical model. The authors provide an overview of complementary and alternative medicine and three modalities commonly encountered and occasionally practiced by nurses and other licensed health care professionals: acupuncture, Reiki, and botanical healing.

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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is not generally associated with the complexity and intensity of critical care. Most CAM therapies involve slow, calming techniques that seem to be in direct contrast with the fast-paced, highly technical nature of critical care. However, patients in critical care often find themselves coping with the pain and stress of their illness exacerbated by the stress of the critical care environment. Complementary and alternative medicine-related research reveals that complementary therapies, such as Reiki, relieve pain and anxiety and reduce symptoms of stress such as elevated blood pressure and pulse rates. Patients and health care professionals alike have become increasingly interested in complementary and alternative therapies that do not rely on expensive, invasive technology, and are holistic in focus. Reiki is cost-effective, noninvasive, and can easily be incorporated into patient care. The purpose of this article is to examine the science of Reiki therapy and to explore Reiki as a valuable nursing intervention.

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L’introduction d’innovations en Médecine Chinoise Traditionnelle (zhongyi, MCT) et l’influence de la médecine des preuves (evidence-based medicine, EBM) comme modèle de validation scientifique et voie de légitimation avec un recours aux essais cliniques qui se systématise sont révélateurs du processus de biomédicalisation de la recherche à l’œuvre aujourd’hui. La MCT est la forme standardisée de médecine chinoise intégrée au système de santé publique promue par le gouvernement chinois depuis les années 1950. Trois points seront discutés dans cet article : le premier introduit le contexte médical « pluriel » de la Chine contemporaine et évoque un débat récent sur l’intégration de la MCT dans le système de santé publique, qui a mobilisé des acteurs officiels, des intellectuels et la population générale. Le deuxième offre un éclairage sur la recherche et le développement à partir de l’exemple de la recherche médicale sur le sida en MCT en Chine. Le dernier point porte sur les interfaces de savoirs thérapeutiques hybrides et leur mobilisation dans le cadre de la recherche en MCT et de la construction d’espaces de soins mondialisés.

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