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A Mechanism for Achieving Complementary Health Literacy
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Annual Review of Nursing Education
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January 1, 2006
- Author:
- Sofhauser, Cynthia D
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Copyright informationCopyright Springer Publishing Company 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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This chapter begins with a discussion of the current state of complementary therapy usage by health care consumers. The need for the education of health care providers, nurses in particular, relative to complementary health is demonstrated. Issues in educating nursing students about complementary health therapies are discussed. The chapter also reviews current curricular innovations in schools of nursing in the United States. Finally, the development of one solution, a minor in complementary health, is detailed.
Mrs. Smith is a 55-year-old woman suffering through the effects of a rigorous chemotherapeutic regimen designed to treat her breast cancer. Despite the best that allopathic care can ...
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