Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Published on 1. May 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
604 pages
978-0-683-30674-3 (ISBN)
Description
Four out of ten patients visited a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioner last year--Your Patients! Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine provides you with the information you need to understand this phenomenon. This practical source brings together today's leading CAM researchers and practitioners to offer the reader insights into the social and scientific foundations of CAM, the safety and efficacy of CAM products and practices, and overviews of 20 commonly used CAM modalities. Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine helps you inform, educate, and treat patients who are interested in or currently using CAM. Part I, Social and Scientific Foundations of CAM, discusses the history, ethics, and scientific study of CAM. Part II discusses the safety of many CAM products and practices, including herbs, dietary and nutritional products, and homeopathy. Part III provides overviews of 20 common CAM modalities, including Ayurvedic Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Naturopathy. Today's health care practitioners need new knowledge and skills to effectively treat patients who are using or considering CAM.
Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine is your indispensable source for understanding CAM and its impact on your practice. Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 200
Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine is your indispensable source for understanding CAM and its impact on your practice. Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 200
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Adult education
Illustrations
31 illustrations, 81 tables
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1080 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-683-30674-3 (9780683306743)
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Content
Part 1 Social and scientific foundations of CAM: introduction - models of medicine and healing, Wayne B. Jonas and Jeffrey S. Levin; the history of complementary and alternative medicine, James C. Whorton; the physician and complementary and alternative medicine, David Eisenberg et al; ethics at the interface, Howard Brody et al; evaluating complementary and alternative medicine -the balance of rigour and relevance, Wayne Jonas and Klaus Linde; how to practice evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine, Wayne Jonas and George Lewith. Par 2 The safety of CAM products and practices: introduction - evaluating the safety of CAM products and practices, Wayne B. Jonas and Edzard Ernst; the safety of herbal and animal products, Peter DeSmet; the safety of dietary and nutrient products, Peter DeSmet; the safety of homeopathy, Edzard Ernst and Wayne B. Jonas; adverse effects of acupuncture, Edzard Ernst; adverse effects of manipulation, Edzard Ernst. Part 3 Overviews of CAM: ayurvedic medicine, Vasant Lad; traditional Chinese medicine, Lixing Lao; native American medicine, Kenneth "Bear Hawk" Cohen; Tibetan medicine, Vladimir Badmaev; chiropractic medicine, Dana Lawrence; osteopathy, Harold Goodman; naturopathy, Michael Murray and Joseph Pizzorno; holistic nursing, Barbara Dossey; medical acupuncture, Joseph Helms; phytomedicine, Teirona Low Dog; spiritual healing, Daniel Benor; massage therapy, Tiffany Field; qigong, Ching-Tse Lee and Ting Lei; biofeedback therapy, Judith Green and Robert Shellenberger; adjunctive hypnotherapy, Iran Wickramsekera; behavioural medicine, G. Randolph Schrodt and Allan Tasman; megavitamin and orthomolecular therapy, Alan Gaby; homeopathy, Edward H. Chapman; nutritional biotherapy, Keith I. Block; meditation and mindfulness, Michael Baime.