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2. Alternative medicine | Wikipedia

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   t. e. Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability or evidence of effectiveness. Unlike modern medicine, which employs the scientific method to test plausible therapies by way of responsible and ethical clinical trials, producing ...

3. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

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   The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is a United States government agency which explores complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It was initially created in 1991 as the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), and renamed the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) before receiving its current name in 2014. [1]

4. List of forms of alternative medicine | Wikipedia

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5. Naturopathy | Wikipedia

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   Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. [1] A wide array of practices branded as "natural", "non-invasive", or promoting "self-healing" are employed by its practitioners, who are known as naturopaths. Difficult to generalize, these treatments range from the pseudoscientific and thoroughly discredited, like ...

6. Alternate care site | Wikipedia

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   Alternate care site. The Javits Center in New York City has been used as an ACS during the COVID-19 pandemic. An alternate care site (ACS) is a medical treatment facility established in a non-traditional setting during a public-health crisis (or other event causing strain on local medical resources) as a means of providing additional capacity ...

7. Hospice care in the United States | Wikipedia

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   Respite care may be necessary, for instance, if a family member who is providing home hospice care is briefly unable to perform his or her duties and an alternative care provider becomes necessary.) [50] As of 2008, Medicare was responsible for around 80% of hospice payments, reimbursing providers differently from county to county with a higher ...