anthroposophic medicine

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anthroposophic medicine

A holistic approach to health care widely employed in Europe, e.g., for the care of patients with advanced cancer. Although its effectiveness remains unproven, it has gained significant acceptance by patients and some insurers.

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(2) Anthroposophic medicine: a medical system based on a philosophical and spiritual--scientific model of human individuality as proposed by the philosopher Rudolf Steiner.

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Physicians' Association for Anthroposophic Medicine and is a

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Use of VAE in cancer treatment was pioneered in anthroposophic medicine in the 1920s and today it is widely used among cancer patients in central Europe (Molassiotis et al.

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Anthroposophical nursing dates back to the 1920s when Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, working with pioneering woman doctor Ita Wegman, developed anthroposophic medicine, which uses nature's medicines to stimulate the body to "heal itself".

Nursing the anthroposophical way: Anthroposophical nursing aims to improve life quality and patients' capacity to self-heal

Other alternative therapies no longer to be covered include homeopathy, herbal medicine, neural therapy and anthroposophic medicine.

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Cowan has served as vice president of the Physicians Association for Anthroposophic Medicine and is a founding board member of the Weston A.