Holistic Health and Healing

As complementary medicine has moved into the American mainstream, health-care practitioners are increasingly being asked for more natural health-care options that stress prevention and promote well-being. For nurses and other health-care providers, Bright (School of Nursing, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst) presents an overview of the history, philosophy, and uses of 16 common complementary and alternative medicine therapeutics. They are organized into three categories: holistic healing modalities, such as imagery and massage; Western complementary healing practices, such as naturopathy and homeopathy; and Eastern healing systems, including Chinese medicine and Ayurveda.

CONTENTS:
Unit I. Health as wholeness. Paradigm shifts / Mary Anne Bright -- Health, healing, and holistic nursing / Mary Anne Bright -- The bioenergetic basis of health / Philip M. Helfaer and Mary Anne Bright -- Psychophysiology of mind-body healing / Elinor M. Levy -- Culture and holistic healing / Dorothy Ann Gilbert -- Global health issues / R. Brooke Thomas and Mary Anne Bright -- Unit II. Holistic healing modalities. Meditation / Melissa Blacker -- Imagery / Rothlyn P. Zahourek -- Nutrition / Neil S. Orenstein -- Herbs through the ages / Gary a. Holt and Samir Kouzi -- Therapeutic massage / Valerie Vaughan -- Therapeutic touch / Mary Anne Bright -- Unit III. Complementary healing practices. Naturopathic medicine -- vis medicatrix naturae: the healing power of nature / James M. Lemkin -- Homeopathic medicine / Edward H. Chapman -- Anthroposophic medicine / Alicia Landman-Reiner -- Osteopathy / Jayne Alexander and Andrew Goldman -- Chiropractic / Vivian Roman and Andrea Callanan -- Holistic dentistry / Stephen M. Koral -- Unit IV. Traditional healing systems. Chinese medicine / Joanne Ehret -- Ayurveda / Abbas Qutab -- Yoga / Lois Steinberg -- T'ai chi / Dan Ogrydziak and Robert Levine.