Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that describes an overview of CAM and its categories of treatments. The following areas should be addressed:
· Define the terms alternative medicine, complementary medicine, and integrative medicine and clarify how these terms differ.
· Describe how conventional medicine plays a role in these three terms.
· Review the philosophy of CAM and how it relates to or is different from conventional Western medicine.
· Describe the five domains of therapies according the NCCAM website.
· Research and describe one CAM treatment modality within one of the five NCCAM domains and give an example of how such a therapy could be used as an alternative therapy, a complementary therapy, and an integrative therapy for a specific medical condition. Explain how each example meets the definition of alternative, complementary, or integrative therapy and support the rationale for each of your selections.
· Include the results of scientific studies, if available, that show a clinical benefit from the examples selected.