Complementary medicine in clinical practice : integrative practice in American healthcare / edited by David Rakel, Nancy Faass.

Other author Rakel, David.
Other author Faass, Nancy.
Format Book
Publication InfoSudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett, ©2006.
Descriptionxvii, 553 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Complementary Therapies.
Referral and Consultation.

Contents Perspectives on integrative practice -- Who uses complementary medicine? -- Four levels of integrative practice -- Phasing in integrative medicine -- Strategic business planning for your practice -- Preventable causes of disease -- Lifestyle and disease management -- Creating a virtual group integrative practice -- Clinical nutrition -- Research on nutritional therapy for anemia -- Laboratory testing for food allergies -- Testing for nutritional and digestive status -- Nutrition from a functional perspective -- Behavioral nutrition coaching -- Research on clinical nutrition -- Resources in clinical nutrition -- Exercise therapy in medicine -- Exercise is medicine -- Medically supervised exercise -- Physiology of qigong, tai chi, and yoga -- Mind-body medicine -- Group support -- Biofeedback applications -- HeartMath -- Health coaching -- Imagery -- Hypnosis -- Spiritual counseling -- Patient self-care -- Prescribing relaxation techniques -- Recommending meditation -- Breathing exercises -- Referring patients to clinical massage -- An overview of clinical massage -- Definitions of clinical massage and bodywork -- Research on the effectiveness of massage -- Clinical massage resources -- Overview of clinical acupuncture -- Research on acupuncture safety -- Controlled clinical trails in acupuncture -- Six-center study of acupuncture outcomes -- Acupuncture analgesia: basic research -- Referring patients to acupuncture -- Acupuncture training for physicians -- Acupuncture resources -- Overcoming barriers to the integration of chiropratic -- Overview of the chiropractic profession -- Safety of chiropractic spinal mainpulation -- Efficacy of spinal manipulation -- Biomechanical mechanisms of chiropractic -- Research on spinal physiology -- Referring patients to chiropractic care -- Six perspectives on herniated disc treatment -- Chiropractic resources -- Access to botanical therapy -- Overview of botanical therapy -- Whole complex herbs -- Interactions of pharmaceuticals and botanical medicines -- Botanical treatment strategies: migraine case studies -- Assessing the effectiveness of naturopathic medicine -- Enhancing anti-inflammatory drug effects with botanicals -- The healing power of relationship-centered care -- Completing your patient referral network -- Credentialing complementary practitioners -- Health promotion, wellness, and complementary medicine -- Evolution of an integrative practice -- Functional medicine in integrative practice -- Interprofessional referral protocols -- Programs in integrative medicine, University of Arizona -- Implementing and evaluating optimal healing environments.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005002448
ISBN0763730653 :

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