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The Use of Alternative Medicine by the Elderly and the Doctor-Patient Relationship

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The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) may have important implications for the relationship between the elderly patient and physician. As CAM treatments are often obtained by the patient in the absence of knowledge or at times disapproval of the patient’s physician, they have the potential for causing harm to the relationship, whose integrity is necessary to ensure that the older patient, who is more likely to be in need of medical care and require detailed instruction, receives adequate treatment. This chapter will review what is known about the use of influence of alternative medicine on the doctor-patient relationship.

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  1. Division of Geriatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami VA, Medical Center (11A), 1201 NW 16th St., 33125, Miami, FL, USA

    E. Paul Cherniack MD

  2. School of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Newark University Hospital, University of New Jersey-Newark, 150 Bergen Street, 07103, Newark, NJ, USA

    Neil Cherniack PhD

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Cherniack, E.P. (2003). The Use of Alternative Medicine by the Elderly and the Doctor-Patient Relationship. In: Cherniack, E.P., Cherniack, N. (eds) Alternative Medicine for the Elderly. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05185-6_3

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