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Ciis Today, Fall 2005 Issue, Ciis
Ciis Today, Fall 2005 Issue, Ciis
CIIS Today
This volume is the Fall 2005 issue of CIIS Today, the Magazine of the California Institute of Integral Studies.
Reasons For Complementary And Alternative Medicine Usage In Japanese Americans, Theodora Stratis
Reasons For Complementary And Alternative Medicine Usage In Japanese Americans, Theodora Stratis
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has received much research attention in the last several years due to marked increase in usage in the U.S. To date, findings indicate that 34% of adults in the U.S. report using at least one form of CAM for the maintenance of general health and acute symptoms and such use continue to increase (Astin, 1998; Eisenberg et al., 1993). CAM therapies are also used by those who suffer from chronic physical and psychological symptoms not successfully treated by conventional medicine (Testerman et al., 2004). Though researchers have examined who is using CAM and why they …