module 203.3 en_0
TRANSCRIPT
INTRODUCTION TO COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES
Objectives
What determines health?
What are complementary therapies?
Underlying complementary therapy philosophy
Underlying complementary therapy philosophy
US National Institute of Health CAM categories
Who uses complementary therapies? (1 of 2)
Who uses complementary therapies? (2 of 2)
Different ways people use CAM
Frequency of CAM use
Activity
Why do people with diabetes use CAM?
Hypoglycaemic herbal medicine
Plants and their effect on plasma glucose
“Diabetes formulas”
Nutritional medicine - “food as medicine”
Antioxidants
Activity
Conventional practitioner concerns
about CAM use
Complementary practitioner concerns
Important issues that affect safe CAM use
Important issues (1 of 3)
Important issues (2 of 3)
Important issues (3 of 3)
Adverse events associated with CAM used by people with diabetes
Adverse events associated with CAM used by people with diabetes
Are there any benefits for people with diabetes? (1 of 2)
Are there any benefits for people with diabetes? (2 of 2)
Core elements of integratingcomplementary and conventional
care
Core elements of integrating complementary and conventional
care
Core elements of integration
What is needed?
Information for people with diabetes (1 of 2)
Information for people with diabetes (2 of 2)
Activity or self-reflection (1 of 2)
Activity or self-reflection (2 of 2)
References
Recommended reading