The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as practices, knowledge and belief systems which use minerals, plants and animal based remedies, spiritual therapies and exercises to prevent, treat and maintain well being [ 4].
The job of drilling, and constructing and maintaining wells is largely delegated to oilfield-services firms.
Maintaining well-being was most common purpose for using HDS (36%).
Thus far, no other RCT of the CDSMP included Mastery as an outcome variable, although mastery has been shown to be important for maintaining well-being in people with deteriorating health.
Purposes of using HDS were for maintaining well-being (36%), followed by the treatment of other chronic diseases (24%), minor ailments (19%), and kidney diseases (17%).
A series of three or more treatments, typically at intervals of one to seven days, is usually recommended if a chronic condition is being addressed, and regular treatments on an ongoing basis can be used with the aim of maintaining well-being.
Steverink [ 28] found that loss of comfort and affection (among the five instrumental goals to maintain well-being) were the main predictors of dependent living.
Maintaining well-being and independent living, and preventing functional decline, are important social values.
It would fulfill the liberal belief in a positive role for government in maintaining well-being but would honor the conservative conviction that government's chief role is to help the social organism heal itself.
Maintaining well-being and independent living, and preventing functional decline in elderly people living at home, are important values in Dutch society.
