The Ethical Justification of Extending Holistic Care to Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The doctoral project presents an argument for the inclusion of complementary and alternative medicine in the provision of holistic care. Over the course of history the practice of medicine has evolved with developments in science and technology and transitioned into away from its holistic origins to a more fragmented practice. The project includes relevant literature on shortcomings of conventional medicine that are in part a catalyst for the trends of increasing complementary and alternative medicine utilization. The doctoral project concludes that the benefits of complementary and alternative medicine's inclusion in care, and more specifically holistic care, is of value and further research will be of benefit to further the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine.

Name thesis:degree_name

DHCE

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Health Care Ethics

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Allen, Kaneen Bree

Contributors dc:contributor

• Henk ten Have
• Gerald Magill
• Rosemary Donley

• Health Care
• Holistic Care

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/295

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1299