Foundations of Complementary & Alternative Health (CAM)

Final Paper Preparation

Your Final Paper topic selection.

A clear identification of the chosen CAM and chronic disease or illness (ARTHRITIS) that you will address in your Final Paper.

An introductory paragraph with a succinct and completely formulated thesis statement. 

An outline of the major headings of your Final Paper.

A reference page that is formatted according to APA style. It should contain a minimum of three of the required scholarly or peer-reviewed sources from the ProQuest, EBSCOhost, or PubMed Central databases.

The Final paper requirement are:

For the Final Paper, you will:

• Choose one of the complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) systems studied in the course, provide a brief discussion of the protocols, and provide details of historical events that shaped the practice.
• Identify a chronic disease or condition and describe the disease or condition from the CAM perspective.
• Include potential cultural challenges faced by the afflicted patient population as well as the practitioner.
• Describe how the CAM practitioner diagnoses and treats the condition.
• Identify potential questions or skepticisms other health care providers and potential clientele may have regarding the CAM selected, and address the questions, supporting your responses with a minimum of two sources of research for the health condition and system chosen.
• Identify and substantively describe a minimum of two other CAM practice interventions that could be suggested to assist in minimizing the impact of the illness/condition. Justify implementation of the two interventions you are recommending.