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Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Practitioners like you have been turning to Micozzi’s comprehensive CAM text for the past 20 years. Filled with the most up-to-date information on scientific theory and research an… Leer más

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Practitioners like you have been turning to Micozzi’s comprehensive CAM text for the past 20 years. Filled with the most up-to-date information on scientific theory and research and updated contributions from world experts, Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 5th Edition gives you a solid foundation of the therapies and evidence-based clinical applications for CAM – and expands your global perspective with new and updated chapters on healing systems from around the world. Dive into interesting discussions on massage, manual therapies and bodywork, yoga, chiropractic, osteopathy, herbal medicine, aromatherapy and essential oils therapy, "nature cure," naturopathy and naturopathic medicine, and nutrition and hydration. With its wide range of topics, this 20th anniversary edition is your ideal CAM reference!

Puntos claves

• A broad perspective traces CAM therapies from their beginnings to present day practices.

• Clinical guides

 for selecting therapies, and new advances for matching the appropriate therapy to the individual patient, enables you to offer and/or recommend individualized patient care.

• Expert contributors

 include well-known writers such as Kevin Ergil, Patch Adams, Joseph Pizzorno, and Marc Micozzi himself.

• A unique synthesis

 of information, including historical usage, cultural and social analysis, current basic science theory and research, and a wide range of clinical investigations and observations, makes this text a focused, authoritative resource.

• Suggested readings and references

 in each chapter list the best resources for further research and study.

• Coverage of CAM therapies and systems

 includes those most commonly encountered or growing in popularity, so you can carefully evaluate each treatment.

• An evidence-based approach

 focuses on treatments best supported by clinical trials and scientific evidence.

• Observations from mechanisms of action to evidence of clinical efficacy

answers questions of how, why, and when CAM therapies work.

• Global coverage

 includes discussions of traditional healing arts from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Índice

SECTION ONE: FOUNDATIONS

1. Characteristics of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

2. Translation from Conventional Medicine

3. Issues and Challenges in Integrative Medicine

4. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Community

5. Social and Cultural Factors in Medicine

SECTION TWO: MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT

6. Vitalism

7. Mind-Body Thought and Practice: Great Britain to Early and Late America

8. Neurohumoral Physiology and Psychoneuroimmunology

9. Mind-Body Sciences and the Placebo Effect

10. Mind-Body Therapies, Stress Reduction, and Pyschometrics

11. Prayer, Religion, and Spirituality

12. Creative and Expressive Arts Therapies

13. Humor

SECTION THREE: ENERGETICS, MANUAL HEALING AND YOGA

14. Energy Medicine

15. Biophysics: Electricity, Light, Magnetism, and Sound

16. Principles and Bodywork and Manual Healing

17. Massage, Bodywork, and Touch Therapies

18. Osteopathy

19. Chiropractic

20. Reflexology

21. Yoga

SECTION FOUR: NATURAL AND ALTERNATIVE WESTERN THERAPIES

22. Nature Cure, Naturopathy, and Natural Medicines

23. Contemporary Naturopathic Medicine

24. Ethnobotany and Western Herbalism

25. Aromatherapy and Plant Essential Oils

26. Nutrition, Hydration, and Diet Therapies

27. Ecological Pharmacology: Molecular Biology to Systems Theory

SECTION FIVE: GLOBAL ETHNOMEDICAL SYSTEMS: ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

28. Traditional Medicine of China and East Asia

29. Classical Acupuncture

30. Traditional Medicine of India: Ayurveda and Siddha

31. Tibetan Medicine

32. Unani Medicine

33. Sufism and Healing in the Middle East

SECTION SIX: GLOBAL ETHONOMEDICAL SYSTEMS: AFRICA, AMERICAS, AND THE PACIFIC

34. Traditional Medicine: Ethnomedicine, Shamanism, and Origins

35. Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Indonesia, Indochina, and Vietnam

36. Blending of Chinese, Ayurvedic, Islamic, and Shamanic Healing: Burma, Thailand, and Nepal

37. Native North American Healing and Herbal Remedies

38. Central and South American Healing and Herbal Remedies

39. Latin American Curanderismo

40. Hawaii, South Pacific and Philippine Islands; Alaska and Pacific Northwest

41. African Healing and Becoming a Traditional Healer

42. Magico-Religious Traditions and Neo-Shamanism

43. Modern Asia, Africa, Americas, and the Pacific

Reseñas

"The book offers detailed descriptions of various tradition-based and speculation-based modalities for healing."

FACT, December 2010

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Sobre el autor

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Marc S. Micozzi

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Adjunct Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; Former Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; former Executive Director of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia