Alternative Medicine: A Guide to Patient Counseling
Faculty:
Ernest Lado, DDS (view profile)
Price: $53.00
Duration: 8 Hours
Over 60 million Americans are said to use alternative medicines, and 70% of these people do not tell their physicians. The implications of this fact are alarming. Alternative medicines are part of the reality that health care professionals must now deal with when treating their patients. To neglect this fact is to place some of your more enthusiastic patients at risk.
This course gives a rigorous and detailed evaluation of alternative remedies. It's goal is to separate fact from myth and provide the health care professional with an objective understanding of what patients are increasingly seeing as a legitimate health option, regardless of their doctor's recommendations.
Among the topics this course discusses are the reasons patients turn to alternative medicine, the differences among allopathic, complementary, and integrative medicines, and the role of "healing hands". It also evaluates the health claims made for herbal remedies, discusses vitamins, minerals, and hormonal supplements, and talks about ways to counsel patients regarding the use of alternative medicine.
