drama therapy
homeopathic products
faith healing
complementary and alternative medicine
reflexology
traditional medicine
play therapy
pet therapy
complementary medicine
The use of drugs and treatments not accepted by orthodox medicine as scientific, with the aim, not of replacing orthodox forms of treatment, but of supplementing them. The main users are the middle classes, the well educated and more commonly women, usually in response to chronic conditions (Cant, S. and Sharma, U. (1999) A New Medical Pluralism: Complementary Medicine, Doctors and the State. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Complementary Medicine]
acupuncture
art therapy
chiropractic
medicinal products
dance therapy
anthroposophy
sensory therapy
herbal therapy
music therapy
aromatherapy
occult healing
horticultural therapy
concepts