Mosby's Complementary & Alternative Medicine

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.

Contents

Pt. 1 Mind-Body Integration

• 1 Physiologic Pathways of Mind-Body Communication
• 2 Research on Mind-Body Effects
• 3 Psychoneuroimmunology and Conditioning of Immune Function
• 4 How Relationships and Life Events Affect Health: Human Studies

Pt. 2 Mind-Body Interventions

• 5 Relaxation Therapy
• 6 Meditation
• 7 Biofeedback by Frank Andrasik and Amanda O. Lords
• 8 Hypnosis
• 9 Imagery

Pt. 3 Alternative Professionals

• 10 Chiropractic
• 11 Acupuncture
• 12 Homeopathy: Like Cures Like
• 13 Massage Therapy
• 14 Aromatherapy by Jane Buckle

Pt. 4 Complementary Self-Help Strategies

• 15 Herbs as Medical Intervention
• 16 Exercise as an Alternative Therapy

Pt. 5 Energetics and Spirituality

• 17 Spirituality and Healing
• 18 Therapeutic Touch: Healing with Energy
• 19 Reiki: An Ancient Therapy in Modern Times by Jeanette Plodek
• 20 Measurement of the Human Biofield and Other Energetic Instruments by Beverly Rubik
• 21 The Future of Ethnomedicine by Stanley Krippner