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Complementary and alternative therapy (CAM) in health care has been a topic of interest in the literature for a number of years. Many health care providers have found these alternative techniques helpful in their personal and professional lives as well as in their clinical practice (Lie and Boker 2006; Chaterji et al. 2007). Yet many health care providers have chosen not to incorporate complementary and alternative therapies into their practice. This may be because of the lack of sufficient evidence-based studies about CAM. In a large children’s hospital study, 67% of pediatric staff recommended CAM to their patients, but those who used CAM personally were more likely to recommend the techniques (76% versus 45%) (Kundu et al. 2011). The study also showed very little communication between the CAM provider and the pediatrician. Health care providers need to be given tools to evaluate these therapies and integrate them in their own practice if they choose.

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Kramer, D. (2017). Complementary Medicine. In: Primary Well-Being: Case Studies for the Growing Child. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56708-2_6

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