HTH 100 Exam 3 (Stickney)questions
and correct answers
Allopathic - correct answer ✔✔conventional western medical practice, in theory; based on scientifically
validated methods and procedures
Complementary health approaches - correct answer ✔✔Health care practices and products commonly
used together with conventional medicine
Alternative health approaches - correct answer ✔✔Treatment used in place of conventional medicine
Integrative medicine - correct answer ✔✔The integration of complementary health approaches into
conventional health care in a purposeful way
• Holistic health care - correct answer ✔✔o Cam focuses on an integration of mind, body, and spirit in
seeking ways to restore the while person in harmony rather than treatment of individual parts
•Placebo effect - correct answer ✔✔o Occurs when patients given a placebo drug or treatment
experience an improved state of health owing to the belief that they are receiving something that will be
of benefit
qi/chi - correct answer ✔✔the life force
o Based on the concept of lie force or energy, disturbance in life energies, restoring balance, treatment is
individualized, vary widely in terms of the nature and extent of the treatment, vary in effectiveness -
correct answer ✔✔Be able to identify characteristics that are typical of CAM therapies.
o Conventional treatments are not successful, seeking to improve health and well-being, relieve
symptoms of a chronic disease or illness, seeking a more holistic approach to health, want personal
control of their treatment, favor non-toxic chemicals or treatments - correct answer ✔✔• Know several
reasons why people might use CAM.
, o Top 10: natural products, deep breathing, yoga, chiropractic, meditation, massage, special diets,
homeopathic treatment, progressive relaxation, guided imagery - correct answer ✔✔• What are the
most commonly used CAM therapies?
o Traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, homeopathy and Naturopathy - correct answer ✔✔• What 4
complementary medical systems are described in your text?
o Acupuncture - correct answer ✔✔insertion of thin needles into the skin
o Homeopathy - correct answer ✔✔based on the premise of "like cures like" and "the law of minimum
dose"
o Naturopathy - correct answer ✔✔practitioners work with nature to restore health; work on principle
that body has the ability to heal itself and maintain optimal health
o Mind and Body practices - correct answer ✔✔focus on body's structures and systems- bones, joints,
muscles, soft tissues and circulatory systems
Chiropractic medicine - correct answer ✔✔primary treatment is manipulation of the spine and other
neuromuscular structures
Movement therapies - correct answer ✔✔pressured aimed at increasing blood flow and inducing
relaxation
o Energy therapies - correct answer ✔✔forms of treatment that use energy originating either within the
body (biofields) or from other sources (electromagnetic fields)
Natural" products - correct answer ✔✔consists primarily of herbal remedies/ botanicals, extracts from
animal tissues, dietary supplements/ nutraceuticals/ functional foods
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