RT Book, Section
A1 Haija, Anan
A1 Kolasinski, Sharon L.
A2 Imboden, John B.
A2 Hellmann, David B.
A2 Stone, John H.
SR Print(0)
ID 57276733
T1 Chapter 74. Complementary & Alternative Therapies
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163805-0
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57276733
RD 2024/04/25
AB Most  patients  with  chronic  rheumatic  diseases  seek  adjunctive  care  outside  the  medical  mainstream.  Although  patients  usually  maintain  relationships  with  medical  physicians  and  take  prescription  medications,  most  will  add  some  form  of  complementary  and  alternative  therapy  at  some  point  during  the  course  of  their  illness.  Patient  choices  reflect  their  cultural  and  ethnic  background,  their  financial  resources,  the  availability  of  alternative  providers,  and  their  perception  and  satisfaction  with  conventional  medicine.  Not  all  interventions  have  been  studied  in  a  scientifically  rigorous  manner,  but  well-designed  clinical  trials  continue  to  be  published  in  a  wide  range  of  areas  relevant  to  patients  with  rheumatic  diseases.