Preconditions and Possibilities for Integration of Cam and Traditional Medicine: Situation of Families of Children with Disabilities

Volume 24, Number 4 (95) (2014)

Rita Vaičekauskaitė, Brigita Kreivinienė, Jonas Tilvikas Abstract An issue of integration between complementary and alternative(CAM) and traditional medicine is a talking-point in nowadays heathcare system. The anthropological, sociological, epistemological,medical literature analysis reveals fundamental preconditions forintegration of CAM and traditional medicine. However, in healthcare system we have dominant or selective integration betweenCAM and traditional medicine. In…

Conceptualization of Image Therapy in the Contect of Complementary, Alternative and Traditional Medicine

Volume 24, Number 4 (95) (2014)

Vytenis Sinkevičius, Rita Vaičekauskaitė, Algimantas Kirkutis, Dalius Serafinas Abstract More methods of complementary and alternative medicine(CAM) are practised in Lithuania. Moreover, CAM methodsare gaining more popularity in society. Often we lack systemicknowledge about CAM methods and that is a reason of reservedapproach of integrating them into traditional medicine. Thereforeit is important to conceptualize CAM methods…