Why Sunshine Coast residents value conventional medical treatment more than natural therapies

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Great progresses have been made, during the last century in the treatment of diseases. Indeed cure is more effective and quick today. Conventional medicine, drugs and scientific research is used everywhere, but it still varies according to the country. At the same time, we see that natural treatments have become very popular. The definition of natural therapy, is different cures based on natural products, such as plants, Moreover in some habitudes such as massages, the scientific value remains unproved for the most, but are used by many people. This type of medicine has many different names such as alternative medicine and complementary medicine. Some of the different cures ,have been used since a long time such as herbal medicine dated at 2800 BC in China. Even if natural treatments are not new, since a few years, the use of all these treatments have increased everywhere. Many massage centers, acupuncture institutes have opened in the cities. This "new market" is really expanding, with an increase of thirty percent per year, in the entire world.

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[...] If yes, Does this, influence the type of treatment you choose between , the both type of medicine) VI/ Result board Question Question 2 : Question 3 : Question Question 5 Question 6 Question Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13-16 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 VII/ References Websites www.abc.net.au/health/.htm . www.australia.gov.au www.chinese-school.netfurms.com www.intstudy.com www.wikipedia.com . Generally, do you consider that conventional medicine is effective? Have you ever tried natural medicine? Why do you use natural therapies? [...]

[...] NB: Because of the little size of the sample, all the statistics must be taken carefully, and with taking an error margin. Appendices :Questionnaire Sunshine Coast residents value conventional treatment more than natural therapies Hey, I am student of the English Program, and I realize a survey about conventional medicine and natural therapies. I would like to ask you few questions; do you have five minutes for answering? Part Identity part 1. Gender ? 2. How old are you ? 3. What is the highest level of education you received? [...]

[...] Survey: Sunshine Coast residents value conventional medical treatment more than natural therapies? Introduction Great progresses have been done, during the last century for the treatment of the disease, indeed cure are more and more effective and quick. Conventional medicine, in other words the scientific research, and all the drugs, is used everywhere, but it is still very different, according to the countries. In other side, at the same time, we can see that natural treatments are very common in our days. [...]

[...] Furthermore, the main arguments in favour of conventional medicine are nearly the same for all the people. The efficiency, cited by nine participants, and the scientific testing (seven citations), are clearly the both more important things, why it can be said that people value conventional medicine. After these, the price and the convenience have been cited. Nevertheless, these two points do not clearly result of the conventional medicine, but are the consequences of the high-quality Australian medical system. In the other side 75% of the people thing, that this medicine has some problems. [...]

[...] All in all, these questions might highlight if people value more conventional medicine, and in witch case. Sample The total population, in other words, the inhabitants of the Sunshine Coast is (Wikipedia), but for some technical reasons, twenty people are interviewed .The choose has been made to ask just adult persons, because young people do not have enough experience in this matter. People were interviewed half male half female and approximately five persons in each age class, in order to have a right sample of the population of the Sunshine Coast. [...]