SECTION IPERSON-CENTERED OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINEIntroductionChapter 1 Osteopathy: a practice based on tradition, research, critical thinking and artChapter 2 Adaptive local response: Somatic dysfunctionChapter 3 General Adaptation Syndrome: biological fluids, involuntary rhythms and fascial compensation schemesSECTION IITHE OSTEOPATHIC MODELSIntroductionChapter 4 The biomechanical modelChapter 5 The neurological modelChapter 6 The respiratory-circulatory modelChapter 7 The metabolic-energetic model Chapter 8 The behavioral / biopsychosocial model Chapter 9 Selection and integration of models in osteopathic treatment and management Index