The Four Pillars of Healing: How the New Integrated Medicine- -the Best of Conventional and Alternative Approaches- - Can Cure You
Galland, a pioneer in integrated medicine and a specialist in treating undiagnosed or difficult-to-treat illnesses, describes in detail a new model for disease causation known as "Patient-Centered Diagnosis," which identifies "mediators, triggers and antecedents of disease in individual patients." Using case histories and lots of footnotes, he contrasts it with other models of disease, going into great detail about "the anatomy of an illness." Part of the model is called "The Four Pillars of Healing," which includes having a relationship with your health provider, eating a balanced diet, maintaining environmental hygiene, and eliminating toxins from your body. There are no new ideas here, although Galland does make a bit much of the relationship between health and cleanliness. He suggests what seem to be extreme measures such as keeping pets out of the bedroom. Although Galland wrote this book for the lay reader, it would probably be more useful for nursing, social work, or other students studying health psychology. An optional purchase for most alternative medicine collections.?Natalie Kupferberg, Ferris State Univ. Lib., Big Rapids, Mich.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.