Research Catalog

Title

Essentials of complementary and alternative medicine / edited by Wayne B. Jonas, Jeffrey S. Levin ; associate editors, Brian Berman [and others].

Publication

Philadelphia : Williams & Wilkins, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Berman, Brian.
• Jonas, Wayne B.
• Levin, Jeffrey S.

Description

xxi, 605 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

• Complementary Therapies
• Alternative medicine

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Models of Medicine and Healing / Wayne B. Jonas and Jeffrey S. Levin -- 1. The History of Complementary and Alternative Medicine / James C. Whorton -- 2. The Physician and Complementary and Alternative Medicine / Ronald A. Chez, Wayne B. Jonas and David Eisenberg -- 3. Ethics at the Interface of Conventional and Complementary Medicine / Howard Brody, Janis M. Rygwelski and Michael D. Fetters -- 4. Evaluating Complementary and Alternative Medicine: The Balance of Rigor and Relevance / Klaus Linde and Wayne B. Jonas -- 5. How to Practice Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / Wayne B. Jonas, Klaus Linde and Harald Walach -- Introduction: Evaluating the Safety of Complementary and Alternative Products and Practices / Wayne B. Jonas and Edzard Ernst -- 6. The Safety of Herbal Products / Peter A. G. M. De Smet -- 7. The Safety of Nonherbal Complementary Products / Peter A. G. M. De Smet --
• 8. The Safety of Homeopathy / Wayne B. Jonas and Edzard Ernst -- 9. Adverse Effects of Acupuncture / Edzard Ernst -- 10. Adverse Effects of Spinal Manipulation / Edzard Ernst -- Introduction: Common Aspects of Traditional Healing Systems Across Cultures / Stanley Krippner -- 11. Ayurvedic Medicine / D. Vasant Lad -- 12. Traditional Chinese Medicine / Lixing Lao -- 13. Native American Medicine / Ken "Bear Hawk" Cohen -- 14. Tibetan Medicine / Vladimir Badmaev -- 15. Chiropractic Medicine / Dana J. Lawrence -- 16. Osteopathy / Harold Goodman -- 17. Naturopathic Medicine / Michael T. Murray and Joseph E. Pizzorno -- 18. Holistic Nursing / Barbara Dossey -- 19. Medical Acupuncture / Joseph M. Helms -- 20. Phytomedicine / Tieraona Low Dog -- 21. Spiritual Healing / Daniel J. Benor -- 22. Massage Therapy / Tiffany Field -- 23. Qigong / Ching-Tse Lee and Ting Lei -- 24. Biofeedback Therapy / Judith A. Green and Robert Shellenberger --
• 25. Hypnotherapy / Ian Wickramasekera -- 26. Behavioral Medicine / G. Randolph Schrodt, Jr. and Allan Tasman -- 27. Orthomolecular Medicine and Megavitamin Therapy / Alan R. Gaby -- 28. Homeopathy / Edward H. Chapman -- 29. Nutritional Biotherapy / Keith I. Block -- 30. Meditation and Mindfulness / Michael J. Baime -- App. B. Indications and Precautions Chart with Clinical Trials.

ISBN

068330674X

LCCN

98022365

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries