CAM OVERVIEW
CAM is most often defined as a group of diverse
medical and health care treatments, products, and
practices not considered part of conventional Western
medicine. Many of these therapies arise from alternative
medical systems, such as traditional Chinese
medicine and Ayurveda, which have long histories of use across the world. As technology has enhanced our
global connections over the past three decades, therapies
from alternative systems have become increasingly
available in the West and now present challenges to conventional care and increase the possibilities for
symptom management