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Scope of Integrative Health Practice

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This chapter will provide an overview of integrative health practices in the clinical setting. It will include a discussion of some of the challenges of CAM and integrative health providers such as obtaining provider reimbursements and basic legal concerns. Concerns regarding patient safety and a lack of disclosure of CAM use to other health providers will be examined. In addition, the potential legal concerns for health providers who provide or refer patients to complementary care therapies will be considered. Finally, provider-patient communication and the concept of patient engagement will be discussed

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Mullins-Owens, H. (2016). Scope of Integrative Health Practice. In: Integrative Health Services. SpringerBriefs in Public Health(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29857-3_5

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