Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Why I would recommend complementary or alternative therapies: a physician's perspective.

A H Neims1

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA.

Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America
|November 26, 1999
PubMed
Summary

Patients use complementary therapies to address modern health challenges, seeking meaning and healing relationships. Evaluating these therapies requires adapting standard clinical approaches due to their complex, individualized nature.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Lifetime use of alternative therapy: a study of Florida residents.

Southern medical journal·1998
Same author

Personal use of alternative medicine therapies by health science center faculty.

JAMA·1998
Same author

Moving a graveyard: how one school prepared the way for continuous curriculum renewal.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges·1998
Same author

The interface between traditional and alternative medicine.

Alternative therapies in health and medicine·1995
Same author

Medical schools on the fault line.

The Journal of the Florida Medical Association·1994
Same author

4-Quinolones cause a selective loss of mitochondrial DNA from mouse L1210 leukemia cells.

Journal of cellular biochemistry·1993

Area of Science:

  • Integrative Medicine
  • Patient-Centered Care
  • Health Psychology

Background:

  • Modern science and technology present novel health challenges.
  • Patient use of complementary therapies signifies a need for narrative, meaning-making, and relational healing.
  • Some complementary therapies present conceptual conflicts with conventional medicine.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the challenges in evaluating complementary therapies.
  • To understand the patient's drive for meaning and healing through therapy.
  • To assess the applicability of standard clinical investigation to complex therapies.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of standard clinical investigative approaches.
  • Examination of the nature of objectivity and reductionism in therapy.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Consideration of the challenges in studying slow, mild, and individualized treatments.

    • Main Results:

    • Standard clinical approaches face difficulties when applied to complex, relationship-centered therapies.
    • The inherent nature of some complementary therapies (slow, mild, individual) complicates objective study.
    • Patient needs for storytelling and meaning-seeking are key drivers for complementary therapy use.

    Conclusions:

    • Evaluating complementary therapies necessitates adapting conventional research methodologies.
    • The subjective and relational aspects of healing require nuanced investigation.
    • Understanding patient motivations is crucial for integrating diverse therapeutic modalities.