An older adult patient tells the home health nurse, "My doctor hasn't helped my arthritis at all. I am using the chiropractor now." What change has the patient made?
a. Western medicine to complementary therapy
b. Complementary therapy to alternative therapy
c. Alternative therapy to allopathic medicine
d. Allopathic medicine to alternative therapy
ANS: D
Alternative therapies may become the primary treatment modality; for instance, the patient switching from traditional (allopathic) medicine to chiropractic (alternative).
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