Healers And Alternative Medicine

Author : Dean T. Jamison,Joel G. Breman,Anthony R. Measham,George Alleyne,Mariam Claeson,David B. Evans,Prabhat Jha,Anne Mills,Philip Musgrove
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 1449 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780821361801

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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries by Dean T. Jamison,Joel G. Breman,Anthony R. Measham,George Alleyne,Mariam Claeson,David B. Evans,Prabhat Jha,Anne Mills,Philip Musgrove Pdf

Based on careful analysis of burden of disease and the costs ofinterventions, this second edition of 'Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd edition' highlights achievable priorities; measures progresstoward providing efficient, equitable care; promotes cost-effectiveinterventions to targeted populations; and encourages integrated effortsto optimize health. Nearly 500 experts - scientists, epidemiologists, health economists,academicians, and public health practitioners - from around the worldcontributed to the data sources and methodologies, and identifiedchallenges and priorities, resulting in this integrated, comprehensivereference volume on the state of health in developing countries.

Author : Bonnie Blair O'Connor
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 081221398X

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Healing Traditions by Bonnie Blair O'Connor Pdf

The popularity and practice of alternative medicine continues to expand at astonishing rates. In Healing Traditions, Bonnie Blair O'Connor considers the conflicts that arise between the values and assumptions of Western, scientific medicine and those of unconventional health systems. Providing in-depth examples of the importance and benefits of alternative health practices--including the extraordinarily extensive and sophisticated HIV/AIDS alternative therapies movement--O'Connor identifies ways to integrate alternative strategies with orthodox medical treatments in order to ensure the best possible care for patients. In spite of the long-standing prediction that, as science and medicine progressed--and education became more generally available--unconventional systems would die out, they have persisted with undiminished vitality. They have, in fact, experienced a reinvigoration and expansion during the last fifteen to twenty years. In the United States, this renewal is fueled by people representing a wide cross-section of American society, and most of them also use conventional medicine. This eclecticism can result in conflicts between the values and assumptions of Western, scientific medicine and those of unconventional health systems. O'Connor demonstrates the importance of understanding how various belief systems interact and how this interaction affects health care. She argues that through neutral observation and thorough description of health belief systems it is possible to gain an understanding of those systems, to identify likely points of conflict among systems--especially conflicts that may occur in conventional care settings--and to intervene in ways that ensure the best possible care for patients.

Author : Edzard Ernst
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-09
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781845407124

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Healing, Hype or Harm? by Edzard Ernst Pdf

The scientists, academics and practitioners writing this book are not 'against' complementary or alternative medicine (CAM), but they are very much 'for' evidence-based medicine and single standards. They aim to counter-balance the many uncritical books on CAM and to stimulate intelligent, well-informed public debate. TOPICS INCLUDE: What is CAM? Why is it so popular? Patient choice; Reclaiming compassion; Teaching CAM at university; Research on CAM; CAM in court; Ethics and CAM; Politics and CAM; Homeopathy in context; Concepts of holism in medicine; Placebo, deceit and CAM; Healing but not curing; CAM and the media.

Author : Rob Buckman,Karl Sabbagh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : PSU:000021497827

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Magic Or Medicine? by Rob Buckman,Karl Sabbagh Pdf

Author : Lynn Keegan
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 076681890X

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Healing with Complementary & Alternative Therapies by Lynn Keegan Pdf

This comprehensive resource provides a compendium of information on healing and how healing relates to complementary and alternative medicine. A history of the health care system is provided in order to show how complementary and alternative medicine has been integrated into western medicine in the past. Information on how the healing modalities are portrayed through popular media, such as radio and television are included. Descriptions of the various complementary and alternative modalities are listed. Numerous references provide additional information on the many modalities discussed.

Author : Bill Gottlieb
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999-07-22
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781623363321

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New Choices In Natural Healing by Bill Gottlieb Pdf

The first book to take alternative medicine out of its mystical fringe and into the mainstream, New Choices in Natural Healing features more than 20 unique alternative remedies for each of 160 health problems, from acne to wrinkles, plus practical explanations of 20 natural therapies, from aromatherapy to vitamin therapy. Including 440 illustrations, New Choices in Natural Healing also covers: • Acupressure: pinpoint pain relief • Aromatherapy: relieve stress and tension • Ayurveda: a customized system of better health • Flower Therapy: heal the mind, and the body will follow • Food Therapy: harness the power to erase disease • Herbal Therapy: a healing partnership with Mother Nature • Homeopathy: medicines perhaps more powerful than prescriptions • Hydrotherapy: bathe yourself in natural healing • Imagery: picture yourself perfectly healthy • Juice Therapy: the curative essence of fruits and vegetables • Massage: hands-on healing for yourself and your family • Reflexology: speed restorative energy to organs and body parts • Relaxation and Meditation: achieve a higher state of health • Sound Therapy: soothe your body with music's gentle waves • Vitamin and Mineral Therapy: natural prescriptions for healing • Yoga: stretches for better health

Author : Helle Johannessen,Imre Lazar
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 184545104X

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Multiple Medical Realities by Helle Johannessen,Imre Lazar Pdf

Nowadays a plethora of treatment technologies is available to the consumer, each employing a variety of concepts of the body, self, sickness and healing. This volume explores the options, strategies and consequences that are both relevant and necessary for patients and practitioners who are manoeuvring this medical plurality. Although wideranging in scope and covering areas as diverse as India, Ecuador, Ghana and Norway, central to all contributions is the observation that technologies of healing are founded on socially learned and to some extent fluid experiences of body and self.

Author : Gary Easthope
Publisher : Gower Publishing Company, Limited
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037993735

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Healers and Alternative Medicine by Gary Easthope Pdf

Author : Fred M. Frohock
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1995-05-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0226265854

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Healing Powers by Fred M. Frohock Pdf

The personal testimony of individuals engaged in healing practices and the opposing voices of orthodox and alternative medicines are the center of Healing Powers. Focusing on medical norms and practices and on competing philosophies of the mind, the body, reality, and rationality across radically different "belief systems", Fred Frohock clarifies the social and legal dilemmas represented by "scientific medicine" and "alternative care." "Frohock goes beyond the often irreconcilable differences between scientific biomedicine and alternative care by clarifying the social and legal dilemmas they present. . . . A noteworthy contribution forcing us to rethink what medical care is all about."—Jeffrey Michael Clare, Journal of the American Medical Association "The book does more and better than simply provide a social-scientific proposal. It also gives not only a hearing but a voice to those who follow alternative therapies. . . . Frohock's accounts of their stories—along with the stories of the medical professionals—are eloquent and fascinating."—Allen Verhey, Medical Humanities Review "Contains a storehouse of valuable information about the historical, philosophical, and psychological bases of alternative approaches to healing."—Marshall B. Kapp, New England Journal of Medicine "Frohock introduces us to the scientific naturopaths and to physicians who believe in the mind's power to heal, to charismatics who believe in but cannot explain their powers, to those who test God and those who merely accept. He writes so well that I felt I had met these people."—Arthur W. Frank, Christian Century

Author : Alexis Brink,Irene Freitas,Wei Houng,Iris Netzer-Greenfield L.Ac.,Michele Molitor,Clare Roy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0997965460

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Breakthrough Healing by Alexis Brink,Irene Freitas,Wei Houng,Iris Netzer-Greenfield L.Ac.,Michele Molitor,Clare Roy Pdf

The art of healing is vast and complex, with almost as many different modalities as practitioners. In Breakthrough Healing, six of these healers¿experts in Jin Shin Jyutsu, Feng Shui, Acupuncture, Rapid Transformational Therapy, Spiritual Life Coaching, and Human Ops¿have come together to shine light on their various techniques, as well as their unique journeys, proving that alternative medicine can have effects just as and sometime even more powerful than western practices.Because, despite all you may have heard, medicine is not always strictly logical. Chronic pain, lifelong conditions, and emotional struggles can be eased or even cured through nontraditional methods¿including the mind/body connection and spiritual awareness.In demystifying the art of alternative healing, Breakthrough Healing not only serves to enlighten readers, but also strives to help them benefit from this new knowledge, overcoming their own personal challenges and finding a new light in life.¿

Author : Hans A. Baer
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Alternative medicine
ISBN : 0299166945

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Biomedicine and Alternative Healing Systems in America by Hans A. Baer Pdf

Examining medical pluralism in the United States from the Revolutionary War period through the end of the twentieth century, Hans Baer brings together in one convenient reference a vast array of information on healing systems as diverse as Christian Science, osteopathy, acupuncture, Santeria, southern Appalachian herbalism, evangelical faith healing, and Navajo healing. In a country where the dominant paradigm of biomedicine (medical schools, research hospitals, clinics staffed by M.D.s and R.N.s) has been long established and supported by laws and regulations, the continuing appeal of other medical systems and subsystems bears careful consideration. Distinctions of class, Baer emphasizes, as well as differences in race, ethnicity, and gender, are fundamental to the diversity of beliefs, techniques, and social organizations represented in the phenomenon of medical pluralism. Baer traces the simultaneous emergence in the nineteenth century of formalized biomedicine and of homeopathy, botanic medicine, hydropathy, Christian Science, osteopathy, and chiropractic. He examines present-day osteopathic medicine as a system parallel to biomedicine with an emphasis on primary care; chiropractic, naturopathy, and acupuncture as professionalized heterodox medical systems; homeopathy, herbalism, bodywork, and lay midwifery in the context of the holistic health movement; Anglo-American religious healing; and folk medical systems, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities. In closing he focuses on the persistence of folk medical systems among working-class Americans and considers the growing interest of biomedical physicians, pharmaceutical and healthcare corporations, and government in the holistic health movement

Author : Peter A. Dunn
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781773381213

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Holistic Healing by Peter A. Dunn Pdf

A practical and insightful guide, Holistic Healing investigates the practices, theories, research, and history of holistic approaches as it relates to a wide range of health care and human service professionals. This text offers a uniquely comparative and integrated understanding of both ancient and modern Indigenous, Eastern, and Western traditional practices, including bodywork, expressive arts, energy medicine, eco-psychology, transpersonal psychology, naturopathy, homeopathy, Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and Indigenous healing practices. Practitioners and scholars in health, nutrition, psychology, and social work contribute to research that focuses on individual, organizational, national, and global holistic intervention applications. Chapters in this collection address critical issues such as colonization, human rights, the environment, peace and conflict, and equity and inclusion. This collection is a timely and practical resource for students of undergraduate health, social work, sociology, holistic healing, and psychology programs and is also a great resource for professional practitioners.

Author : Robert D. Johnston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781135953904

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The Politics of Healing by Robert D. Johnston Pdf

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Mel Borins
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781493015382

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A Doctor's Guide to Alternative Medicine by Mel Borins Pdf

This book outlines the benefits and dangers of alternative medicine, drawing on scientific research to show which treatments work, which don’t, and how to use them. It offers a balanced, unbiased perspective backed by science.

Author : Helen Kruger
Publisher : Bobbs-Merrill Company
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Acupuncture
ISBN : 0672517086

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Other Healers, Other Cures by Helen Kruger Pdf