Topic > Complementary and Alternative Medicine - 1584
Integrative medicine is “…the combination of high-tech conventional medicine with alternative medicine in non-traditional therapies, products and practices, using the best healing approaches” (Saxon & Etten & Perkins, 2010). The use of this integrative medicine helps to broaden the spectrum of possible treatments and focus on the health of the entire body. This ever-increasing change in healthcare has helped the elderly and their growing pain-related problems. Each of these complementary and alternative medicines can benefit older adults when dealing with chronic pain and are an option when examining pain
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