About Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): Any medical system, practice, or product that is not thought of as standard care.
Definitions
- Complementary Medicine: A CAM therapy used along with standard medicine.
- Alternative Medicine: A CAM therapy used in place of standard treatments.
- Integrative Medicine: An approach that combines treatments from conventional medicine and CAM for which there is some high-quality evidence of safety and effectiveness.