Providing a comprehensive overview, this text includes practical, clinically relevant coverage of complementary and alternative medicine, with commentary by well-known experts, descriptions of recent medical advances, case studies, and the history and philosophy of each discipline, along with indications, contraindications, practical application, and clinical trials for each topic. Research is critically reviewed, with examples of exceptional and flawed studies. You'll gain an understanding of the most commonly used alternative therapies, as well as those most likely to be integrated with conventional medical treatment.
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PART ONE: Mind-Body Integration 1: Physiologic Pathways of Mind-Body Medicine 2: Research on Mind-Body Effects 3: Psychoneuroimmunology and Conditioning of Immune Functioning 4: How Relationships and Life Events Affect Health: Human Studies PART TWO: Mind-Body Interventions 5: Relaxation Therapy 6: Meditation 7: Biofeedback 8: Hypnosis 9: Imagery PART THREE: Alternative Professionals 10: Chiropractic 11: Acupuncture 12: Homeopathy: Like Cures Like 13: Massage Therapy 14: Aromatherapy PART FOUR: Complementary Self-Help Strategies 15: Herbs as Medical Intervention 16: Exercise as an Alternative Therapy PART FIVE: Energetics and Spirituality 17: Spirituality and Healing 18: Therapeutic Touch: Healing with Energy 19: Reiki: An Ancient Therapy in Modern Times by Jeanette Plodek NEW! 20: Measurement of the Human Biofield by Beverly Rubik NEW! 21: The Future of Ethnomedicine by Stanley Krippner NEW! Appendix A: Answers to Multiple Choice and Matching Questions Appendix B: Organizations & Associations Appendix C: Internet Resources
