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To help health practitioners keep up with the rising interest in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), UK practitioners Mantle (trained in hypnosis, homeopathy, reflex zone therapy, Bach flower therapy) and Tiran (midwife/specialist in complementary therapies in maternity care) cover animal-assisted therapies to Traditional Chinese medicine. Entries on CAM modalities including bodywork, energy medicine, herbal, and nutritional therapies, and therapies for treating cancer, list at least one reference/resource. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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A-Z of Complementary and Alternative Medicine provides a pocket-size quick reference of CAM, allowing conventional and complementary health practitioners to ascertain: - what the CAM intervention is - what it does - contraindications, precautions and interactions. With entries grouped under therapies, the guide provides easy access to many unfamiliar terms therefore providing an excellent resource for improving communication about CAM with patients.Contains approximately 3500 entries Grouped by therapy Includes information on contraindications, precautions and interactions Pocket size for convenience and portability Attractive design and durable flexi cover
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