Complementary And Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Palestine: Use And Safety Implications

Abstract

CAM utilization in Palestine is very common. Some of the types of CAM used in Palestine are common elsewhere, whereas other types were unique to this area. The herbal products used by the respondents were mainly collected from nature. Safety of such products is questionable, and contamination cannot be ruled out. Awareness of potential adverse effects and proven benefits of various types of CAM needs to be raised.

Nurses Perception on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medical Treatment in Clinical Settings; The Case of Nurses at the Bamenda Regiona Hospital

“…This result is in line with the (61.7%) female participants in a study by Emmett and also 66% reported by Sawalha [9,10]. This shows that nursing is largely dominated by females.…”

Community pharmacists’ knowledge, practices and beliefs about complementary and alternative medicine in Palestine: a cross-sectional study

“…Mann-Whitney- U test or Kruskal-Wallis test were used to compare differences as appropriate. P -values of <0.05 were considered statistically significant [22]. …”

“…Ultimately, when a pharmacist fail to efficiently educate CAM users on the best ways to use these products, patients might suffer [20, 21]. There is clear evidence supporting the growing interest in CAM among patients in Palestine [22]. To date, the majority of studies conducted in Palestine have focused on knowledge and attitude of diabetic, hypertensive, cancer, hemodialysis patients, and students pertaining to CAM or herbal use [23–28].…”

Utilisation des médecines complémentaires chez des patientes tunisiennes atteintes de cancer: enquête réalisée auprès de 150 patientes

“…Les études publiées montrent une prédominance de l'homéopathie suivie de l'acupuncture [1-10]. L'étude palestinienne retrouve aussi une prédominance des herbes et du miel [9].…”