Mosby's Complementary & Alternative Medicine: A Research-Based Approach

by Lyn W. Freeman

Book Overview

Set up in a true "textbook" format, this research-based book provides comprehensive and clinically-relevant coverage of complementary and alternative medicine. It covers the history, philosophy, and mechanisms of complementary medicine and alternative therapies, and includes a thorough review of the clinically controlled trials, indications, and contraindications of each therapy. Each chapter follows a consistent format with helpful features, such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323026265
• ISBN13: 9780323026260
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 3.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

DeYvJa

I received the book in great condition. The book new was $30.00 less than what the book costed used at the college bookstore. A friend got me into getting my texbooks online and I have been very pleased with the results.

An excellent source of useful information

The only thing lacking in objectivity is Mr. Barnett's review. Anyone from an organization called "North Texas Skeptics", isn't looking at things from an unbiased viewpoint themselves. Ms. Freeman does an amazing job compiling information, often not taught and not available in allopathic medical circles, as to the history, approach and practice of the various complementary practices health practitioners need to know about. Her job in this text is not to fully critique all of the medical literature available on the subject, but there is plenty of reference material available and cited if one wishes to do that. The problems with the "skeptics" approach is that, if one does not choose to trash every system that they believe to be flawed (by western allopathic medical criteria), then THAT person is not objective. I think the above reviewer misses the point of this text entirely.