Essentials of complementary and alternative medicine / Wayne B. Jonas, Jeffrey S. Levin, editors ; associate editors, Brian Berman [and five others] ; contributors Vladimir J. Badmaev [and seven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jonas, Wayne B., editor.

Levin, Jeffrey S., editor.

Berman, Brian, editor.

Badmaev, Vladimir J., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (618 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

COVER

COPYRIGHT

EDITED BY

DEDICATION

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Contents

PART I - THE SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

INTRODUCTION MODELS OF MEDICINE AND HEALING

CHAPTER 1 - THE HISTORY OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

CHAPTER 2 - THE PHYSICIAN AND COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

CHAPTER 3 - ETHICS AT THE INTERFACE OF CONVENTIONAL AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

CHAPTER 4 - EVALUATING COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE THE BALANCE OF RIGOR AND RELEVANCE

CHAPTER 5 - HOW TO PRACTICE EVIDENCED-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

PART II - THE SAFETY OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PRODUCTS AND PRACTICES

INTRODUCTION EVALUATING THE SAFETY OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS AND PRACTICES

CHAPTER 6 - THE SAFETY OF HERBAL PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 7 - THE SAFETY OF NONHERBAL COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 8 - THE SAFETY OF HOMEOPATHY

CHAPTER 9 - ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE

CHAPTER 10 - ADVERSE EFFECTS OF SPINAL MANIPULATION

PART III - OVERVIEWS OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SYSTEMS

INTRODUCTION COMMON ASPECTS OF TRADITIONAL HEALING SYSTEMS ACROSS CULTURES

CHAPTER 11 - AYURVEDIC MEDICINE

CHAPTER 12 - TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE

CHAPTER 13 - NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICINE

CHAPTER 14 - TIBETAN MEDICINE

CHAPTER 15 - CHIROPRACTIC MEDICINE

CHAPTER 16 - OSTEOPATHY

CHAPTER 17 - NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE

CHAPTER 18 - HOLISTIC NURSING

CHAPTER 19 - MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE

CHAPTER 20 - PHYTOMEDICINE

CHAPTER 21 - SPIRITUAL HEALING

CHAPTER 22 - MASSAGE THERAPY

CHAPTER 23 - QIGONG

CHAPTER 24 - BIOFEEDBACK THERAPY

CHAPTER 25 - HYPNOTHERAPY

CHAPTER 26 - BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE

CHAPTER 27 - ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE AND MEGAVITAMIN THERAPY

CHAPTER 28 - HOMEOPATHY.

CHAPTER 29 - NUTRITIONAL BIOTHERAPY

CHAPTER 30 - MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS

APPENDICES

Appendix A. Organizations and Suggested Readings

Appendix B. Indications and Precautions Chart with Clinical Trials

Appendix C. Appellations

Appendix D. Glossary

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4698-7379-6

OCLC:

908511436