Natural Healing in Pain Management

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This research proposal discusses the use of natural healing methodology in pain management as a realistic and acceptable alternative to the use of traditional pain medications in today's society. The paper identifies specific natural healing methodologies and discusses which natural healing methodologies tend to work best with the different pain-causing conditions. It also provides a brief overview of the etiology of pain as it relates to various health conditions and discusses what researchers conclude must be accomplished to alleviate these conditions. The paper includes an annotated bibliography that is followed by a description of the methodology to be used for the study.

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Problem Statement
Background
Annotated Bibliography
Proposed Methodology

From the Paper:

"Natural healing methodologies are not without their detractors, though. In spite of numerous scientific studies that suggest these techniques are effective, many healthcare providers argue that some healthcare consumers may not recognize which ones are legitimate and which ones are not. Furthermore, to the extent that such inefficacious healthcare alternatives are pursued will likely be the extent to which the consumer fails to receive any benefit as well as missing out on the opportunity to receive the potential benefits of other natural healing methodologies with proven track records or a combination of such techniques with conventional medicine approaches. In this regard, Mccracken (1999) emphasizes that, "The pursuit of a useless remedy, even if it is in itself harmless, may close the way to an efficacious course of treatment" (p. 24)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Block, A. R., Fernandez, E., & Kremer, E. F. (1999). Handbook of pain syndromes: Biopsychosocial perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Christensen, A., & Jacobsen, N. S. (1996). Studying the effectiveness of psychotherapy: How well can clinical trials do the job? American Psychologist, 51(10), 1032.
• Craig, K. D., & Hadjistavropoulos, T. (Eds.). Pain: Psychological perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
• Gersten, R., Schiller, E. P., & Vaughn, S. (2000). Contemporary special education research: Syntheses of the knowledge base on critical instructional issues. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Greenhalgh, S. (2001). Under the medical gaze: Facts and fictions of chronic pain. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

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