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This comprehensive resource of key terms and concepts in complementary health care addresses practices, health conditions, and research-based treatments. Over 300 entries by distinguished contributors to the field explain such alternative therapies as naturopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic, nutrition, and massage. One section is devoted to pertinent issues in complementary health practice including economics, legal ramifications, education, and historical perspectives.
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Whether you initiate alternative therapies for children, or simply need to respond when asked for information or advice, it's crucial to have the most current, evidence-based information so that you can safely and effectively integrate CAM therapies with conventional treatment. This innovative and reliable reference is the ideal resource to have at hand. With its focus on integrating conventional medicine with the best complementary therapies for children, it familiarizes you with the scientific evidence and rationales for various CAM therapies, and clearly describes how to use them, in conju
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In this volume in the Weil Integrative Medicine Library series, the authors describe a rational and evidence-based approach to the integrative therapy of childhood disorders and well-child care, integrating the principles of alternative and complementary therapies into the principles and practice of conventional pediatrics. The authors examine what works and what doesn't and offer practical guidelines for physicians to incorporate integrative medicine into their practice and how to advise patients and their parents on reasonable and effective therapies.
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"Provides a well-rounded study of Ayurvedic medicine in comparison to other related systems for ease of implementation into patient care Compares mainstream systems of medicine, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine and principles of Western Medicine Identifies and inspires ideas where future research can develop and strengthen"--
Medicine, Ayurvedic. --- Medicine, Oriental --- Ayurveda --- Ayurvedic medicine --- Ayurvedism --- Hindu medicine --- Medicine, Hindu --- Integrative medicine. --- Medical pluralism --- Medicine --- Alternative medicine
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Integrative Medicine, by Dr. David Rakel, provides the practical, evidence-based guidance you need to safely and effectively integrate complementary and alternative medical treatments into your practice. This medical reference book lays the framework for making the best use of these therapeutic modalities and understanding the mechanisms by which these interventions work, keeping you at the forefront of the trend toward integrative health care. Incorporate therapeutic integrative medicine modalities into clinical practice through the ""Tools for Your Practice"" section that offer
Complementary Therapies --- Integrative Medicine --- Preventive Medicine --- Primary Health Care --- methods --- Integrative medicine. --- Medicine. --- Health Workforce --- Medical pluralism --- Medicine --- Alternative medicine
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Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) has become big business. Alongside the increased consumption of complementary medicine and the swelling numbers of complementary health practitioners has emerged a growing interest in these medicines and therapies from within the ranks of conventional primary health care. At the level of practice and beyond, a culture of confrontation and antagonism has begun to be replaced by a focus upon potential integration, collaboration and common ground.With these significant developments in mind, this ground-breaking book is a valuable and timely addition to
Alternative medicine. --- Integrative medicine. --- Medical pluralism --- Medicine --- Alternative medicine --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Integrative medicine --- Primary health care.
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As a field, men's health is far behind women's health in terms of the availability of reliable, scientifically based information that men, their partners, and health care providers can rely on when seeking information and treatment. Moreover, integrative approaches are becoming more popular with men whose healthcare providers understand that most of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in men, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, urologic disease, and sexual dysfunction, can be ameliorated using an integrative approach, with more emphasis on the patient-provider relationship, lif
Integrative medicine. --- Men --- Alternative medicine. --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Medicine --- Integrative medicine --- Medical pluralism --- Alternative medicine --- Health and hygiene. --- Man --- Gezondheidszorg
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People facing a new diagnosis of cancer are unsettled by their prognosis and treatment options, and they often seek to integrate complementary modalities into their conventional care plan, hoping to improve their chances of cure and decrease side effects. Many do so without informing their oncologist, for fear of alienating them or not convinced that their physician would be informed about complementary therapies. Integrative Oncology, the first volume in the Weil Integrative Medicine Library, provides a wealth of information for both practitioners and consumers on the emerging field of integr
Oncology. --- Cancer --- Integrative medicine. --- Medical pluralism --- Medicine --- Alternative medicine --- Adjuvant therapy of cancer --- Adjuvant treatment of cancer --- Tumors --- Alternative treatment. --- Adjuvant treatment. --- Treatment --- Alternative therapy --- Neoplasms --- Complementary Therapies. --- therapy.
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Modern Western Medicine (MWM) and Ayurveda/Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can be considered two extreme paradigms to complex systems. The microscopic and reductionist approach of the West prevails in acute and single-gene conditions such as infection and Mendelian disorders. The macroscopic and holistic approach of the East potentially fares well at chronic and complex conditions such as obesity and ageing. The book serves three purposes: 1) to help MWM, Ayurveda and TCM professionals get acquainted with one another; 2) to help identify common grounds for MWM, Ayurveda and TCM, rather than
Integrative medicine. --- Medicine, Ayurvedic. --- Medicine, Chinese. --- Chinese medicine --- TCM (Medicine) --- Traditional Chinese medicine --- Traditional medicine --- Ayurveda --- Ayurvedic medicine --- Ayurvedism --- Hindu medicine --- Medicine, Hindu --- Medicine, Oriental --- Medical pluralism --- Medicine --- Alternative medicine
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More and more people living with and beyond cancer seek integrative interventions to complement their conventional cancer care. This second edition of the highly successful Integrative Oncology provides the reader with the most updated information available with new chapters on Music and Expressive Arts Therapies, Naturopathic Oncology, and an integrative approach to Lung Cancer. Integrative medicine is defined as healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person (body, mind, and spirit) as well as all aspects of lifestyle; it emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and makes us
Cancer --- Integrative medicine. --- Medical pluralism --- Medicine --- Alternative medicine --- Adjuvant therapy of cancer --- Adjuvant treatment of cancer --- Adjuvant treatment. --- Alternative treatment. --- Alternative therapy --- Treatment --- Oncologie --- Complementaire zorg --- Multidisciplinair team --- Diëten --- Cannabis --- Massage --- Antioxidanten --- Bewegen --- Creatieve therapie --- Dieet --- Antioxidant --- Beweging --- Plezier --- Sport
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