A patient has tried a variety of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)approaches to manage health concerns.The nurse asks,"How is going to CAM practitioners different from seeing your medical doctors?" The patient is most likely to respond,"The CAM practitioners:

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CAM practitioners often spend considerable time assessing the person in a holistic way.Visits typically involve lengthy discussions,in contrast to traditional physician visits,where contact is often brief.CAM remedies can sometimes be invasive or slightly painful,but usually they are noninvasive and well-tolerated.Some CAM practices are very spiritually focused,but most do not have overt religious elements.Conventional health care involves more diagnostic testing than CAM.

A Patient Has Tried a Variety of Complementary and Alternative