The Handbook of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
The Most Authoritative and Complete Guide to Alternative Medicine
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Product details:
- Edition number 3
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 4 July 1996
- ISBN 9780192626691
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages340 pages
- Size 242x165x24 mm
- Weight 649 g
- Language English
- Illustrations line illustrations, tables 0
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Short description:
Complementary medicine has become so popular over the past few years that in the UK alone there are now more alternative practitioners than Gps. Extensively rewritten, expanded, and updated, to take account of this dramatic increase, this new edition of The Handbook of Complementary Medicine is the most authoritative and complete guide to alternative medicine in the UK and internationally.
The result of extensive research, The Handbook examines the developing social position of aternative medicine, including legal, political, scientific, educational, and demographic aspects, and considers why people choose complementary therapies, how many do so, and what happens during and after their treatment. For each therapy, there is a concise review of the theoretical, practical, and research aspects, written in collaboration with a leading practitioner. The book also includes an invaluable resource guide, covering all the significant colleges, professional bodies, and societies in this area of medicine (over 250 organizations), as well as an extensive glossary and bibliography.
Charting the growing level of interest among medical professionals and the general public, the coverage of research has been expanded in this third edition, and new sections have been added dealing with the National Health Service and education.
Long description:
The Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine is acknowledged to be the most authoritative and complete guide to complementary medicine available. The result of extensive research, it provides a detailed picture of the status of alternative and complementary medicine in the UK and internationally.
The Handbook examines the developing social position of complementary medicine, including legal, political, scientific, educational, and demographic aspects, and considers why people choose complementary therapies, how many do so, and what happens during and after their treatment. For each therapy, there is a concise review of the theoretical. practical, and research aspects, written in collaboration with a leading practitioner, and providing an authorative introduction to the field. The book also includes an invaluable resource guide, covering all the significant colleges, professional bodies, and societies in this area of medicine, and detailing over 250 organizations, as well as an extensive glossary and bibliography.
This third edition has been extensively rewritten, expanded, and updated, and reflects the dramatic increase in complementary medicine over the past years - in the UK alone there are more complementary practitioners than general practitioners now. It charts the growing level of interest among medical professionals and the general public; the coverage of research has been extended; new sections have been added dealing with the UK National Health Service and education.
The Handbook is an invaluable reference source for all medical practitioners, including nurses, reseachers, and administrators, as well as members of the general public who want to make an informed choice about complementary medicine.
From reviews of the second edition:
`This comprehensive and authoritative guide should be in every library and health centre.' Holistic Medicine
Table of Contents:
Glossary and classification of therapies
Part 1: General survey
The background
The patient
The therapist
Complementary medicine, government, and the law
Part 2: The therapies
Acupuncture and oriental medicine
Alexander and Feldenkrais techniques
Anthroposophical medicine
Ayurveda
Chiropractic
Creative and sensory therapies
Healing
Herbalism
Homeopathy
Hypnotherapy
Manual therapies including reflexology and aromatherapy
Mind-body therapies
Naturopathy and nutritional medicine
Osteopathy
Radionics
Part 3: Organizations and colleges
Acupuncture and oriental medicine
Alexander and Feldendrais techniques
Anthroposophical medicine
Ayurveda
Chiropractic
Creative and sensory therapies
Healing
Herbalism
Homeopathy
Hypnotherapy
Manual therapies
Mind-Body therapies
Naturopathy and nutritional medicine
Osteopathy
Radionics
Miscellaneous and general
Bibliography
Index
