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Integrating complementary/alternative medicine into primary care: evaluating the evidence and appropriate implementation

S. Wainapel,Stephanie Rand,L. Fishman,Jennifer Halstead-Kenny

Published 2015 in International Journal of General Medicine

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The frequency with which patients utilize treatments encompassed by the term complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) is well documented. A number of these therapies are beginning to be integrated into contemporary medical practice. This article examines three of them: osteopathic manipulation, yoga, and acupuncture, with a focus on their physiological effects, efficacy in treating medical conditions commonly encountered by practitioners, precautions or contraindications, and ways in which they can be incorporated into clinical practice. Physicians should routinely obtain information about use of CAM as part of their patient history and should consider their role based on physiological effects and clinical research results.

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