Consumer Health & Integrative Medicine A Holistic View of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practice,9781284144123

Consumer Health & Integrative Medicine A Holistic View of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practice

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781284144123
ISBN10: 1284144127
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2018-10-15
Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Table of Contents

PartPart I: Understanding the Basics
ChapterChapter 1: Introduction to Consumer Health, Conventional Medicine, and Complementary and Integrative Health
ChapterChapter 2: Scientific Method
ChapterChapter 3: Advertising Health Products
PartPart II: Traditional Medicine and Health Care
ChapterChapter 4: Cost of Healthcare in the United States
ChapterChapter 5: Conventional Medical and Health Care
PartPart III: Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Healthcare
ChapterChapter 6: CAM, Integrative Medicine and Health, and Early Pioneers
ChapterChapter 7: Complementary and Alternative Health Care: Historical Foundations of Holistic Healing
ChapterChapter 8: Alternative Medical Systems: Ayurveda and Its Practices
ChapterChapter 9: Alternative Medical Systems: Traditional Chinese Medicine
ChapterChapter 10: Alternative Medical Systems: Naturopathic and Homeopathic Medicine
ChapterChapter 11: Botanicals: A Biologically Based Therapy
ChapterChapter 12: Aromatherapy and Bach Original Flower Remedies
ChapterChapter 13: Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies: Chiropractic Medicine, Massage, and Reflexology
ChapterChapter 14: Mind-Body Intervention: Meditation, Yoga, Hypnosis, Alexander Technique, Biofeedback, Prayer, and Faith Healing
ChapterChapter 15: Energy Therapies
PartPart IV: Avoidance of Scams and Costly Treatments That Don't Work
ChapterChapter 16: Frauds and Quackery
ChapterChapter 17: Protection and Rights of American Consumers
ChapterChapter 18: Health Insurance in the United States
AppendixAppendix
AppendixGlossary
AppendixIndex

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