Status
Available
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Publication
Chicago, Ill : American medical Association
ISBN
1579470025 / 9781579470029
Description
This volume seeks to offer balanced coverage of a controversial topic - alternative medicine. Leading authors of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the Archives Journals provide an assessment of a broad range of topics from the evaluation of treatment modalities to prevalence and use of alternative medicine therapies. The book includes overviews and guidance from expert physician-specialists, science-based findings, and objective references and perspectives from JAMA and Archives Journals.
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CONTENTS:
Part 1: Alternative medicine -- prevalence and use -- Part 2: Cultural/social aspects -- Part 3: Mind-body medicine -- Part 4: Diet, nutrition, lifestyle -- Part 5: Herbal therapies -- Part 6: Homeopathy -- Part 7: Acupuncture -- Part 8: Manual therapy -- Part 9: Perspectives on alternative medicine.
Part 1: Alternative medicine -- prevalence and use -- Part 2: Cultural/social aspects -- Part 3: Mind-body medicine -- Part 4: Diet, nutrition, lifestyle -- Part 5: Herbal therapies -- Part 6: Homeopathy -- Part 7: Acupuncture -- Part 8: Manual therapy -- Part 9: Perspectives on alternative medicine.