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Consumer's guide to alternative therapies in the horse / by David Ramey.
LIBRA SF285.3 .R35 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ramey, David W.
- Series:
- Howell equestrian library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horses--Diseases--Alternative treatment.
- Horses.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 210 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Alternative therapies in the horse
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Howell Book House, [1999]
- Summary:
- "The Consumer's Guide to Alternative Therapies in the Horse" is a discussion and exploration of what works and what doesn't based on scientific evidence. This book will help you evaluate both common and alternative treatments, and in doing so, help your horse to live a more healthy, productive life. Here you will sort through the misconceptions and myths surrounding alternative therapies, and learn what science has discovered about them. You'll get the latest scientific buzz on: acupuncture manual therapy massage homeopathy energy medicine herbal therapy laser and light therapy magnetic therapy and much more. The Howell Equestrian Library
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Why Treatments May Seem to Work (Even When They Don't) / Barry Beyerstein, Ph.D. 1
- Chapter 2 How to Evaluate Evidence: That Things Work / Lewis Vaughn 13
- Chapter 3 Scientific Versus Unscientific Thinking / William Jarvis, Ph.D. 25
- Chapter 4 Common Misconceptions: About Alternative Medicine / Edzard Ernst, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP 35
- Chapter 5 The Ethics of Providing Therapy / Bernard E. Rollin, Ph.D. 43
- Chapter 6 Energy Medicine / Victor J. Stenger, Ph.D. 55
- Chapter 7 Acupuncture / Stephen Basser, M.B., B.S., Jack Raso, M.S., R.D., Wallace Sampson, M.D., FACOP 67
- Chapter 8 Manual Therapy: Chiropractic / Joseph Keating, Ph.D. 83
- Chapter 9 Manual Therapy: Massage / Peter M. Tiidus, M.Sc., Ph.D., FACSM, Robert Jan Myran, NCTMB, WI-RMT, CNMT, Rochelle Barnes Myran, NCTMB, WI-RMI 99
- Chapter 10 Magnetic and Electromagnetic Therapy / Anthony T. Barker, B.Eng., Ph.D., C.Eng., FIEE, FIPEM 111
- Chapter 11 Laser and Light Therapy / Jeffrey R. Basford, M.D., Ph.D. 125
- Chapter 12 Homeopathy / Mablon Wagner, Ph.D. 139
- Chapter 13 Herbal Therapy / Joy Reighard, Ph.D. 155
- Chapter 14 Nutraceuticals / Kathleen Crandell, Ph.D., Stephen Duren, Ph.D. 167
- Chapter 15 Where Do You Go from Here? / Timothy Gorski, M.D., FADOG 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1582450625
- OCLC:
- 43066663
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