Healing ways : an integrative health sourcebook
Parente, M. (Matilde)2016
eBook
"This book provides a comprehensive review of alternative medicine, and how it can supplement traditional medical approaches to disease"-- Provided by publisher.Abstract: In Healing Ways: An Integrative Health Sourcebook, you'll find important information about conventional and alternative therapies, and how they can work together to help you reap maximum benefits. This approach is called Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), and it lets you combine the best of both worlds: mainstream medical therapies and alternative solutions that have high-quality scientific evidence for safety and effectiveness.
Main title:
Healing ways : an integrative health sourcebook / Matilde Parente, M.D., F.C.A.P.
Author:
Parente, M. (Matilde), authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016.Hauppauge, New York : Barron's Educational Series, Inc., [2016]©2016
Collation:
1 online resource (17 entries) : 65 images ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: v, 240 pages : illustrations (some color)
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Integrative health: an overview -- 3. Integrative health: what consumers should know -- 4. Integrative health and you -- 5. Integrative methods and their uses -- 6. Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine -- 7. Mind-body and energy therapies -- 8. Manual therapies and bodywork -- 9.Herbal products and dietary supplements -- 10. Integrated approaches: from ancient to modern -- 11. Special topics -- 12. Self-care and prevention -- 13. Myths and misconceptions -- 14. Integrative method finder -- Glossary.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781785397929 (electronic version)9781438006376 (paperback)1438006373 (paperback)
Dewey class:
613
LC class:
R733
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
501920
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