A client asks why all health care providers do not rely on complementary and alternative medicine. When talking to this client the nurse knows that many complementary and alternative therapies: 1....

A client asks why all health care providers do not rely on complementary and alternative medicine. When talking to this client the nurse knows that many complementary and alternative therapies:

1. Have not been subjected to rigorous clinical studies.

2. Consist only of old wives tales and fables.

3. Only provide a placebo effect.

4. Are costly and not worth the risk.