Alternative Medicine category: 2492 books
Shadow Medicine
The Placebo in Conventional and Alternative Therapies
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Can Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) find common ground? A distinguished historian of medicine, John S. Haller Jr., explores the epistemological foundations of EBM and the challenges these conceptual tools present for both conventional and alternative...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Alternative Medicine is other forms of therapies other than conventional Western Medicine.
They are:
Whole medical systems
Mind-body medicine
Biologically based practices
Manipulative and body-based practices
Energy medicine
Whole medical systems
A...
Nature Cures
The History of Alternative Medicine in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2002
From reflexology and rolfing to shiatsu and dream work, we are confronted today by a welter of alternative medical therapies. But as James Whorton shows in Nature Cures, the recent explosion in alternative medicine actually reflects two centuries of competition and conflict between mainstream medicine...
by Mayuree Tangkiatkumjai, Dawn-Marie Walker, Li-Chia Chen
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The diagnosis and treatment of disease is a primary concern for health professionals and all of society. With the growing use of alternative medicine, patients can receive a wider scope of potential treatment options. Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Kidney Health provides a thorough examination...
Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Cancer
Integrative Approaches and Discovery of Conventional Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Cancer is a common disease with a devastating impact on the physical and psychological well being of patients. The diagnosis of cancer brings upon many clinical challenges and questions for which clear and simple answers are not always provided by modern medicine. To date, only limited therapeutic...
by Ping-Chung Leung, Debashis Panda
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
This unique book presents the differences and similarities of the oldest system of health care. All ancient medicine has strong philosophical background and management varieties related to treatment activities. Ayurveda is one such branch of medicine that is strongly linked to Yoga and traditional...
How to Unbreak Your Health
Your Map to the World of Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2010
Find better health with your map to the world of complementary and alternative therapies in this comprehensive health and wellness guide for mind, body, and spirit.
Are you sinking into the Quicksand of Pain? Are you stranded in the Mountains of Misery or simply lost in a Forest of Symptoms? Find...
Do You Believe in Magic?
The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
In Do You Believe in Magic?, medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of them are ineffective, expensive, and even deadly.
Dr....
Better Health through Natural Healing, Third Edition
How to Get Well without Drugs or Surgery
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The definitive reference book for alternative medicine, health and healing, nutrition, herbs and herbal medicine, and natural health care is fully updated in this third edition.
First published in 1985, Better Health through Natural Healing has become one of the most successful and authoritative...
Routledge Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Perspectives from Social Science and Law
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
The provision and use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been growing globally over the last 40 years. As CAM develops alongside - and sometimes integrates with - conventional medicine, this handbook provides the first major overview of its regulation and professionalization...
Copeland's Cure
Homeopathy and the War Between Conventional and Alternative Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2009
Today, one out of every three Americans uses some form of alternative medicine, either along with their conventional (“standard,” “traditional”) medications or in place of them. One of the most controversial–as well as one of the most popular–alternatives is homeopathy, a wholly Western...
by Prof Song Xuan Ke
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
The principals of Traditional Chinese Medicine have been around for centuries and its practice is as relevant today as it has always been.Western medical professionals are now increasingly aware of the important role that Traditional Medicine takes. In the past, many people would only try Traditional...
by May Loo
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
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...
Case Studies for Complementary Therapists
a collaborative approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
An invaluable resource for complementary therapists, health practitioners, students and teachers
Case Studies for Complementary Therapists: a collaborative approach provides curriculum-level support for those working to develop the complementary potential between alternative medicines and conventional...