170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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The information you need to choose—or to help create—a complementary/alternative medicine facility Learn about emerging and traditional treatment techniques such as Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, Reiki, reflexology, prayer, homeopathy, yoga, meditation, aromatherapy, and massage. Author Robert Roush analyzes these modalities for effectiveness, and argues for an evidence-based approach... Read more
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Review of Complementary and Alternative Modalities
- Alternative Medical Systems
- Mind/Body Interventions
- Biologically Based Interventions
- Body-Based Manipulation Therapies
- Energy/Metaphysical Therapies
- Conclusions
- Chapter 2. Research
- What Health Care Consumers Think
- Physicians
- Complementary and Alternative Clinics
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Choosing Modalities for a Clinic
- Choosing Modalities
- Getting the Word Out
- Qualifications of Practitioners
- Conclusion: Applying Multiple Criteria to Choosing Modalities
- Chapter 4. Clinic Design and Structure
- Traditional Structures
- Theoretical Model of Illness
- Clinic Design and Structure
- Conclusions
- Chapter 5. Needed Research, Suggestions, and Speculations
- Further Research
- Decreasing Litigation
- Consumer Education
- Final Speculations
- Epilogue
- Appendix A. Patient Raw Data
- Appendix B. Physician Raw Data
- Appendix C. CAM Clinic Raw Data
- Appendix D. Health Assessment Tools
- Bibliography
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Robert A Roush
