COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY By: Marjorie Anne L. Ozaeta Krestina Carla L. Mata COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY Complementary therapies add an extra dimension of care to Hospice’s commitment to nurturing the body‚ mind‚ and spirit. These non-invasive‚ holistic practices do not replace the medical‚ social‚ or spiritual care of the hospice team. Rather‚ they work with the total care of the interdisciplinary team to promote comfort and wholeness for both patients and their families. Complementary Therapy services are
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Music Therapy Music therapy is the use of interventions to accomplish individual goals within a therapeutic relationship by a professional. Music therapy is an allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies. It consists a process in which a music therapist uses music and all of its aspects; physical‚ emotional‚ mental‚ social‚ and spiritual. Which is to help clients improve their physical and mental health. Music therapists primarily help clients improve their health in several domains
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Technology REVIEW ARTICLE Maggot Therapy Takes Us Back to the Future of Wound Care: New and Improved Maggot Therapy for the 21st Century Ronald A. Sherman‚ M.D.‚ M.Sc.‚ D.T.M.H. Abstract In the 21st century‚ eighty years after William Baer presented his groundbreaking work treating bone and soft tissue infections with live maggots‚ thousands of therapists around the globe have rediscovered the benefits of maggot therapy. The renaissance in maggot therapy is due in large part to recent technological
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Annotated Bibliography and Critique: Massage Therapy September 19th‚ 2012 Introduction The alternative therapy I chose to research was Massage therapy. The Oxford Dictionary of Psychology defines massage therapy as “manual manipulation of soft tissue to promote physical and mental health and well-being. Forms of massage therapy can be traced back to ancient Chinese‚ Egyptian‚ Greek‚ Roman‚ Hindu‚ and Japanese civilizations” (“massage therapy”‚ 2008). I chose to do this topic for my annotated
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Music Therapy 1 Music therapy is the use of music by health care professionals to promote healing and enhance quality of life for their patients. Music therapy may be used to encourage emotional expression‚ promote social interaction‚ relieve symptoms‚ and for other purposes. Music therapists may use active or passive methods with patients‚ depending on the individual patient’s needs and abilities. The idea of music as a healing influence
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Radiation Therapy What is radiation therapy? According to wikipedia Radiation therapy discovered in 1889 also known as radiotherapy‚ radiation oncology‚ or XRT‚ is the medical use of ionizing radiation as a part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells. Radiotherapy may be used for curative or adjuvant cancer treatment‚ with curative being the cure and adjuvant being additional treatment. Radiation therapy can also be used as palliative treatment‚ which is where a cure is not possible and
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Humanistic Therapy Gregg D Black Psychology as a science is not thought of as being integrated. The schools of thought are wide and varied each with their own perceptions. The Humanistic approach to therapy is one that I believe has merit when applied to specific disorders. Humanistic therapy directs the patient to center their attention on their; motivations‚ values‚ emotions and meanings behind their thoughts and actions. The belief is this will bring about a desired change both consciously and
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health care system of these illnesses and an effective treatment such as‚ art therapy without medication is a huge undertaking‚ but an important one. Health care industries have argued that not enough evidence has been provided for them to understand how to label
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Homosexual Couples Should Be Allowed to Adopt New Jersey’s statewide parenting legislation espouses a progressive stance on the matters of same-sex parenting and child care in the processes of adoption and foster parenting. The Garden State allows for same-sex adoption; allows single homosexuals to adopt; and allows second parent same-sex adoption (“Same-Sex Adoption Laws‚” n.d.). New Jersey has passed progressive laws and policies that prohibit discrimination charged against gay individuals
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Physical Therapy is the topic of treatment for the body. Physical therapy is a type of treatment a person may need when there are injuries to the body‚ or when physical harm has occurred. When it is hard for a person to move around due to diseases to the body they should seek into physical therapy for their body. Physical therapy helps a person to move their body and continue a normal daily routine. Physical therapy helps a person move around and can relieve the pain caused by injuries. Physical
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