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Current mainstream books and publicity about management and administration in health care are concerned with the takeover of health care by managed-care organizations. Many provide lots of quick and externally focused answers. Many of them are economically driven, to the exclusion of humans, values, ethics, and the human spirit of all those who pass through systems as deliverers and receivers of care.

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Biotherapy as defined by the International Biotherapy Society is the use of living organisms in the treatment and diagnosis of human diseases. Although modern day Western medicine has often little understanding for living creatures in daily medical practice, there is a long-standing tradition in many of the biotherapy modalities. This volume is an evocative exploration of the history, scientific basis and practical use of living organisms in medicine. The authors provide researchers and practitioners interested in this field, with cutting-edge material on the latest key advances in the following fields of biotherapy: Maggot Therapy: The use of blowfly larvae for chronic wound treatment Hirudotherapy: The application of medicinal leeches for extraction of blood from congested or inflamed tissues, in a wide range of pathologies Bee Venom Therapy: The use of honey bee venom for the treatment of inflammatory diseases Apitherapy: The use of bee products for numerous chronic ailments. Ichthyotherapy: The use of small fresh-water fish for dermatological conditions such as psoriasis Helminth Therapy: The use of nematode worms as agents for stimulation of host immunological responses appropriate for the alleviation of certain inflammatory diseases Phage Therapy: The therapeutic use of bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections Animal Assisted Therapy: The application of dogs and horses for people with physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and behavioral problems Canine Olfactory Detection: The training of dogs to recognize medical conditions such as cancer and diabetic crises In addition, the authors provide with their chapters an extensive bibliography that represents a state-of-the-art survey of the literature. Comprehensive and current, this fresh volume of reviews is an essential resource for professionals who need to stay ahead of the game in the exciting field of biotherapy.  .

Biological Agents -- Nurses' Instruction. --- Biological products -- Therapeutic use. --- Biological products --- Animals --- Bee products --- Early Diagnosis --- Thrombolytic Therapy --- Investigative Techniques --- Therapeutics --- Physical Therapy Modalities --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Diagnosis --- Drug Therapy --- Animal Assisted Therapy --- Early Detection of Cancer --- Methods --- Biological Therapy --- Apitherapy --- Hirudin Therapy --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Internal Medicine --- Therapeutic use --- Biological products. --- Immunotherapy. --- Therapeutic immunology --- Bioproducts --- Products, Biological --- Medicine. --- Complementary medicine. --- Dermatology. --- Internal medicine. --- Infectious diseases. --- Surgery. --- Psychology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Internal Medicine. --- General Surgery. --- Infectious Diseases. --- Complementary & Alternative Medicine. --- Psychology, general. --- Clinical immunology --- Natural products --- Metabolites --- Emerging infectious diseases. --- Alternative medicine. --- Philosophy (General). --- Skin --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Integrative medicine --- Emerging infections --- New infectious diseases --- Re-emerging infectious diseases --- Reemerging infectious diseases --- Communicable diseases --- Surgery, Primitive --- Medicine, Internal --- Diseases --- Behavioral sciences --- Mental philosophy --- Mind --- Science, Mental --- Human biology --- Philosophy --- Soul --- Mental health