A patient asks the nurse to help identify alternative care approaches for a newly diagnosed illness. Why would the patient want to use an alternative care approach?
1. Allopathic treatments may cause adverse effects that a person can't tolerate.
2. It has a better empirical basis than do allopathic treatments.
3. Insurance reimburses alternative care treatments at the same rate or better than allopathic treatments.
4. Training for alternative care practitioners is closely regulated and licensed.
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Explanation: 1. People may seek alternative care treatments as they may produce fewer adverse effects than allopathic treatments.
2. Alternative care treatments have not received the same degree of empirical research as allopathic treatments.
3. Insurance can reimburse for some alternative treatments, but allopathic treatments have a better reimbursement history from insurance.
4. Training for alternative care practitioners is not as closely regulated as that for practitioners of allopathic medicine.
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