Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice CCarolyn Chambers Clark, Rena J. Gordon Springer Publishing Company, 1999 - 638 páginas Winner of an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award! 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. |
Contenido
Infection | 6 |
Allergies | 8 |
The Role of Science in Complementary Health Care | 12 |
Ethics and Complementary Modalities | 18 |
Infertility | 22 |
Factors Influencing the Use of Complementary Health Practices | 24 |
Energy and Its Relationship to Disease | 30 |
Selenium | 34 |
Horse Chestnut | 267 |
Thyme | 274 |
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine | 281 |
Affirmations | 291 |
Anthroposophical Philosophy | 299 |
Aromatherapy | 305 |
Color Therapy | 310 |
AstonPatterning | 311 |
The Economics of Complementary Health Practices | 39 |
Managed Care and Provider Referral Relationships | 45 |
The Womens Movement and Choices in Childbirth | 52 |
Effects of Complementary Health Practices on Medical Education | 67 |
The Education of Homeopaths | 75 |
Legal Legislative and Health Policy Issues | 83 |
Historical Aspects | 99 |
The History of the Hydropathic Movement in the United States | 105 |
Abuse | 111 |
Alzheimers Disease | 116 |
Alcoholism | 119 |
AnxietyPanic | 130 |
Balance Disorders | 145 |
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 162 |
Diabetic Retinopathy | 177 |
Head Injury | 190 |
High Cholesterol | 203 |
Insulin Sensitivity | 209 |
ObsessiveCompulsive Symptoms | 222 |
Pressure Sores | 235 |
Adaptogen | 249 |
Capsaicin | 255 |
Flavonoids | 261 |
Ayurveda | 319 |
Biofeedback | 326 |
Centropic Integration | 333 |
CognitiveBehavioral Interventions | 340 |
Cooling and Multiple Sclerosis | 347 |
Electromagnetic Heating for Cancer Treatment | 360 |
Healing Retreat for People with | 374 |
Molecular Basis | 387 |
Hypnotherapy | 401 |
Jin Shin Jyutsu | 414 |
Massage for Cancer Patients | 424 |
Myotherapy Bonnie Prudden | 437 |
Orthomolecular Medicine | 450 |
Qi Gong | 463 |
Russian Massage | 477 |
Tai | 490 |
Part V | 513 |
Part VI | 525 |
References | 535 |
Subject Index | 603 |
Contributor Index | 637 |
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Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice P Carolyn Chambers Clark, EdD, ARNP,FAAN Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice P Carolyn Chambers Clark, EdD, ARNP,FAAN Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice P Carolyn Chambers Clark, EdD, ARNP,FAAN Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
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