Blar i forfatter Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet "Haukaa, Karine"
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Views on health and disease in alternative and conventional medicine. A qualitative study based in focus group interviews with alternative therapists, medical doctors with background in alternative medicine and general practitioners
Haukaa, Karine (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-09-08)In 2007, 48.7 % of the Norwegian population used Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) outside the healthcare system with acupuncture, homeopathy, reflexology, massage therapy and hands on healing being the most common. Research suggests that conventional medicine’s view on health and disease is reductionist, evidence-based and biomedical, while CAM’s view is holistic and experience-based. The ...