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The Role Of Trust In Creating Sustainable Change Through Interorganizational Collaborations In Health Care Education, Renee Devries

Renée (DeVries) Broughten

Prevalence And Pattern Of Traditional Medical Therapy Utilisation In Kumasi Metropolis And Sekyere South District, Ghana, Razak Mohammed Gyasi, Lawrencia Pokuah Siaw, Charlotte Monica Mensah

Mr. GYASI Razak Mohammed

Induction Of Apoptosis In Human Breast Cancer Cells Via Caspase Pathway By Vernodalin Isolated From Centratherum Anthelminticum(L.) Seeds, Kok Hoong Leong

Kok Hoong Leong

In this study, we showed that CACF inhibited growth of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. CACF induced apoptosis in MCF-7 cells as marked by cell size shrinkage, deformed cytoskeletal structure and DNA fragmentation. To identify the cytotoxic compound, CACF was subjected to bioassay-guided fractionation which yielded 6 fractions. CACF fraction A and B (CACF-A, -B) demonstrated highest activity among all the fractions. Further HPLC isolation, NMR and LC-MS analysis of CACF-A led to identification of vernodalin as the cytotoxic agent in CACF-A, and -B. 12,13-dihydroxyoleic acid, another major compound in CACF-C fraction was isolated for the first time from Centratherum …

Response To Baer And Colleagues: The Politics Of Holism, Sue Evans

Dr Sue Evans

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Exploring The Practice And Use Of Western Herbal Medicine: Perspectives From The Social Science Literature, Nina Nissen, Sue Evans

Dr Sue Evans

The literature which concerns Western herbal medicine (WHM) overwhelmingly provides clinical and pharmacological perspectives on the utilisation of herbs as medicine. Research which examines WHM as a social practice and the theoretical concepts associated with it, or the manner in which the knowledge base of WHM is developing and changing is less often discussed. This article provides an overview of the social science literature concerning WHM, as it pertains to practice in Europe, North America and Australasia. One theme emerging from this literature is the mapping of the practice, patients and practitioners of WHM, and another theme addresses more theoretical …

Evidence-Based Medicine And Naturopathy, Tom Jagtenberg, Sue Evans, Airdre Grant, Ian Howden, Monique Lewis, Judy Singer

Dr Sue Evans

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been advocated as a new paradigm in orthodox medicine and as a methodology for natural medicines, which are often accused of lacking an adequate scientific basis. This paper presents the voices of tradition-sensitive naturopathic practitioners in response to what they perceive as an ideologic assault by EBM advocates on the validity and integrity of natural medicine practice. Those natural medicine practices, which have tradition-based paradigms articulating vitalistic and holistic principles, may have significant problems in relating to the idea of EBM as developed in biomedical contexts. The paper questions the appropriateness of imposing a methodology that …

Clinical Diagnosis Online, Meg O'Reilly, Ken Wojcikowski

Dr Meg O'Reilly

Students of natural medicine at Southern Cross University undertake a program of learning that encompasses both scientific and holistic approaches to health and wellbeing. Case based presentations in two inter-related units – Clinical Diagnosis I and Clinical Diagnosis II allow students to develop their skills in patient history taking, problem solving, differential diagnosis and treatment. This paper describes the progression of innovations in teaching these two units from fully face-to-face, to paper-based and CDROM structured case based activities, to an online version that is currently in place. Student feedback on both the CDROM and online versions is discussed and a …

A Review Of Reviews Of The Benefits Of Naturopathy And Western Herbal Medicine, Stephen Myers, Alan Bensoussan, Joan O'Connor, Peta-Anne Paul-Brent, Don Baker, Hans Wohlmuth, Phillip Cheras

Dr Hans Wohlmuth

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What Is Complementary And Alternative Medicine, Michael Weir

Michael Weir

This chapter provides a definition of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Orthodox Medicine and deals with the fundamental criteria at the basis of the CAM healing philosophy. The current usage of CAM and its philosophy sets the scene for the conflicts with OM discussed in later chapters.