Complementary medicine in clinical practice
Subtitle: integrative practice in American healthcare
By: edited by David Rakel, Nancy Faass.
Contributors: Rakel, David.; Faass, Nancy.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 553
Subjects: Complementary Therapies; Referral and Consultation
Description: Expanding the continuum of care to include lifestyle and complementary therapies can prodice additional tools to address the health concerns that challenges patients. This book takes and evidence-approach to the fields of nutrition, medical and therapeutic exercise, mind-body therapies, self-care, health promotion, clinical massage, acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal therapy and integrative and holistic medicine.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Perspectives on integrative practice; title: Who uses complementary medicine?; title: Four levels of integrative practice; title: Phasing in integrative medicine; title: Strategic business planning for your practice; title: Preventable causes of disease; title: Lifestyle and disease management; title: Creating a virtual group integrative practice; title: Clinical nutrition; title: Research on nutritional therapy for anemia; title: Laboratory testing for food allergies; title: Testing for nutritional and digestive status; title: Nutrition from a functional perspective; title: Behavioral nutrition coaching; title: Research on clinical nutrition; title: Resources in clinical nutrition; title: Exercise therapy in medicine; title: Exercise is medicine; title: Medically supervised exercise; title: Physiology of qigong, tai chi, and yoga; title: Mind-body medicine; title: Group support; title: Biofeedback applications; title: HeartMath; title: Health coaching; title: Imagery; title: Hypnosis; title: Spiritual counseling; title: Patient self-care; title: Prescribing relaxation techniques; title: Recommending meditation; title: Breathing exercises; title: Referring patients to clinical massage; title: An overview of clinical massage; title: Definitions of clinical massage and bodywork; title: Research on the effectiveness of massage; title: Clinical massage resources; title: Overview of clinical acupuncture; title: Research on acupuncture safety; title: Controlled clinical trails in acupuncture; title: Six-center study of acupuncture outcomes; title: Acupuncture analgesia: basic research; title: Referring patients to acupuncture; title: Acupuncture training for physicians; title: Acupuncture resources; title: Overcoming barriers to the integration of chiropratic; title: Overview of the chiropractic profession; title: Safety of chiropractic spinal mainpulation; title: Efficacy of spinal manipulation; title: Biomechanical mechanisms of chiropractic; title: Research on spinal physiology; title: Referring patients to chiropractic care; title: Six perspectives on herniated disc treatment; title: Chiropractic resources; title: Access to botanical therapy; title: Overview of botanical therapy; title: Whole complex herbs; title: Interactions of pharmaceuticals and botanical medicines; title: Botanical treatment strategies: migraine case studies; title: Assessing the effectiveness of naturopathic medicine; title: Enhancing anti-inflammatory drug effects with botanicals; title: The healing power of relationship-centered care; title: Completing your patient referral network; title: Credentialing complementary practitioners; title: Health promotion, wellness, and complementary medicine; title: Evolution of an integrative practice; title: Functional medicine in integrative practice; title: Interprofessional referral protocols; title: Programs in integrative medicine, University of Arizona; title: Implementing and evaluating optimal healing environments.