Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Subtitle:
An Illustrated Colour Text
Author:
Karen Simpson; Allan Cumming
Format:
Softcover

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Short description

A text on the basics of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). This work explores what CAM is and why it's popular with patients, the principal therapies, their appropriate use for treating common diseases, and how CAM can be integrated into everyday general practice.

Long description

This is a short, illustrated introductory text on the basics of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), written primarily from the perspective of what medical students need to know and understand about this subject. It will explore what CAM is and why it's popular with patients, what are the principal therapies, their appropriate use for treating common diseases, and how CAM can be integrated into everyday general practice.

Product details

Publisher:
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN:
9780443073748
Publication date:
February 2007
Length:
293mm
Width:
208mm
Thickness:
5mm
Weight:
349g
Pages:
94
Illustrations:
Illustrated
Readership:
Academic

Table of contents

  • Section 1 Introduction & overview to complementary & alternative medicine 1.1 What is complementary and alternative medicine? 1.2 Learning about CAM: reasons, recommendations & strategies Section 2 Ethics, law and professional issues Section 3 Conventional perspectives of CAM 3.1 Different approaches to understanding illness & health 3.2 Different approaches to treating & preventing illness 3.3 Safety of complementary and alternative medicines 3.4 Finding evidence on CAM 3.5 Assessing CAM evidence Section 4 Users perspective of CAM 4.1 Trends and perceptions 4.2 Users sources of information 4.3 A personal experience Section 5 Communication and relationships 5.1 History taking and giving advice 5.2 Organising care and teamwork Section 6 Specific CAM therapies 6.1 Manual medicine 6.2 Osteopathy 6.3 Chiropractic 6.4 Herbal medicine 6.5 Traditional Chinese herbal medicine 6.6 Hypnosis 6.7 Prayer and faith healing 6.8 Acupuncture 6.9 Homeopathy 6.10 Massage and aromatherapy 6.11 Reflexology 6.12 Nutritional food therapy Bibliography References Index

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