ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

• Western medicine


  Is an approach to health that focuses on the use of science in the diagnosis and treatment of health problems
• Eastern medicine


  Places greater emphasis on prevention and natural healing
• Complementary medicine


  Refers to the use of complementary and alternative medicine together with conventional medicine
• Alternative medicine 


  Refers to the use of CAM in place of conventional medicine
• Integrative medicine


  Combines treatments from conventional medicine and CAM for which there is some high quality evidence of safety and effectiveness