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Blackwell complementary and alternative medicine : fast facts for medical practice / Complementary and alternative medicine edited by Mary A. Herring, Molly Manning Roberts. - Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, c2002. - xix, 142 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foundational concepts of complementary & alternative medicine. Significance of CAM in healthcare / Sue Roe -- Guidelines for advising patients on CAM / Marvin Herring -- Politics of CAM / Karen Lawson -- Psychoneuroimmunology / Karen Lawson -- Common modalities. Acupuncture / Scott Shannon -- Aroma therapy / Linda Halcon & Alexander Levitan -- Biofields and energy therapies / Edward Baruch -- Feldenkrais method & Alexander technique / Joel Ziff & Josef Della Grotte -- Guided imagery / Martin Rossman -- Homeopathy / Eugenie Anderson -- Hypnosis / Daniel Handel -- Massage therapies / Arline Reinking-Hanf -- Music therapy / John Graham-Pole -- Naturopathy / Steven Ehrlich -- Reiki / Leann Thrapp -- Tai Chi & Qigong / Alice Kuramoto -- Therapeutic touch-healing touch therapy / Ann Quinlan-Colwell -- CAM's impact on medical practice. Issues of blended practice / Sue Roe -- A glimpse of U.S. CAM resources / Terry Throckmorton -- The future of CAM / Scott Shannon.

ISBN: 0632045833 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2001007573

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Alternative medicine.
Alternative Medicine.
Family Practice.

LC Class. No.: R733 / .B57 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 615.5

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WB 890 / B632 2002