American Cancer Society's Guide to Complementary and Alternative Cancer Methods
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: American Cancer Society
Published: September 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780944235249
Subjects: Complementary Medicine; Coping with illness; Popular medicine; Health & Fitness; Diet / Health / Fitness; Health/Fitness; Alternative Therapies; Diseases - Cancer; General; Cancer; Alternative treatment
Description: Helps patients and families evaluate claims for cancer cures or treatments found on the Internet and in the popular press. Entries on specific methods offer review and evaluation of each method, its history, evidence for its claims, and possible complications or dangers. Entries are organized in sections on mind, body, and spirit methods; manual healing and physical touch methods; herb, vitamin, and mineral methods; diet and nutrition; and pharmacological and biological treatment methods. Overview chapters discuss safety and regulatory issues and insurance coverage, and give guidelines for using complementary and alternative methods.Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.