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Acquaint yourself with complementary and alternative medicine . . . and discover what it can mean to your practice.
Here’s your ideal introduction to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), a range of disciplines now taught at a growing number of medical schools throughout the country. To
understand how and where these CAM practices fit into the conventional medical system, you need to know the foundations of these approaches and how to evaluate them. This book will help the conventional health care
practitioner become more familiar with the nature and content of CAM practices, so you can more effectively communicate with your patients about these approaches.
Comprising three main sections, “Social and Scientific Foundations of CAM,” “The Safety of CAM Products,” and “Practices and Major Systems of CAM,” Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine:
- Focuses specifically on the issues and alternative practices that are most applicable to mainstream medicine.
- Covers social and scientific issues such as ethics; science and the interface of conventional medicine and CAM; and evidence-based CAM. An entire section is devoted to the safety of CAM
products and practices.
- IIncludes chapters on the more common CAM systems, such as homeopathy, naturopathy, massage therapy, Ayurveda, acupuncture, biofeedback, and hypnotherapy.
From the Foreword by Robert Marston, M.D.,
Director, National Institutes of Health (1968-1973):
“The publication of Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the first comprehensive textbook for physicians about these increasingly popular forms of medical
treatment, is very timely. For the first time, information about the foundations of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), the safety of CAM products and practices, and overview of nearly two dozen CAM systems are
available in one place. . . . This textbook has been crafted to serve the growing communities of professionals who need thorough and accurate information about CAM.”
Praise for
Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine:
"Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a much needed and very enlightening soft cover companion to a forthcoming and . . . comprehensive Textbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. As a succinct introduction to the field, it does not attempt to cover all forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) but does discuss a surprisingly large number. . . . [T]he text is most illuminating and provocative, . . . a well thought out collection of essays on a variety of healing disciplines not covered by conventional medical education in the past. This book should serve well as a preliminary and relatively inexpensive introduction to the field."
JAMA
“The diverse viewpoints and the in-depth presentation of both CAM and mainstream practice make this book a true bridge. It is an excellent resource for conventional practitioners who
want to understand the underlying philosophies of CAM and for anyone who seeks a knowledgeable overview of the profiled CAM systems.”
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
“I would
recommend it to primary care physicians as a general guide to expand their knowledge of CAM and as an office resource for adverse reactions to alternative therapies.”
Journal of Family Practice
"This book is both an excellent textbook for medical students as well as an important reference for all health care practitioners, regardless of discipline. . . . This comprehensive
textbook provides an overview, gestalt, and basis for understanding the field. This text is an excellent introduction to information being incorporated into medicine and therefore should be part of one's library."
Bridges: ISSSEEM Magazine
"Overall, Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a helpful handbook for clinicians wishing to expand their knowledge of this popular discipline in health care."
Educational Gerontology
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