The nurse is caring for a patient with mental illness who expresses a desire to learn more about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). What will the nurse tell the patient about the difference between osteopathic and naturopathic medicine?

1. "Osteopathy is a hands-on therapy that focuses on the health and function of the spine and other body structures and their effect on health; naturopathy stimulates the body's ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances that, in larger doses, would produce symptoms or illness."
2. "Osteopathy aims to support the body's inherent ability to maintain and restore health, and prefers to use treatment approaches considered to be the least invasive; naturopathy is a system of medicine that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of the body."
3. "Osteopathy is a system of medicine that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of the body; naturopathy aims to support the body's inherent ability to maintain and restore health, and prefers to use treatment approaches considered to be the least invasive."
4. "Osteopathy stimulates the body's ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances that, in larger doses, would produce symptoms or illness; naturopathy is a hands-on therapy that focuses on the health and function of the spine and other body structures and their effect on health."


Answer: 3
Explanation: Osteopathy is a system of medicine that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of the body; naturopathy aims to support the body's inherent ability to maintain and restore health, and prefers to use treatment approaches considered to be natural and the least invasive. Chiropractic is a hands-on therapy that focuses on the health and function of the spine and other body structures and their effect on health. Homeopathy stimulates the body's ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances that in larger doses would produce symptoms or illness.

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