Table of Contents

Section One: Foundations of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
1. Characteristics of CIM
2. Translation from Conventional Medicine
3. Issues in Integrative Medicine - New!

Section Two: Contexts for Complementary and Integrative Medicine
4. Social and Cultural Factors
5. Vitalism
6. Integrated Medical Model
7. Global Dimensions

Section Three: Alternative Medical Therapies
8. Homeopathy
9. Manual Therapies
10. Chiropractic - New!
11. Herbal Medicine - New!
a. Appendix: Common Herbs in Clinical Practice
b. Appendix: Native American Herbs - New!
12. Aromatherapy
13. Naturopathic Medicine
14. Nutrition - New!

Part Four: Complementary Medical Modalities
15. Neurohumoral Physiology and Psychoneuroimmunology
16. Mind Body Modalities
17. Energetic Healing - New!
18. Biophysical Devices and Modalities
19. Arts Therapy
20. Humor

Section Five: Traditional Ethnomedical Systems
21. Chinese Medicine
22. Qi Gong - New!
23. Shiatsu - New!
24. Tibetan Medicine - New!
25. Traditional Ayurveda
26. Yoga - New!
27. Maharishi Ayurveda
28. Sufism and Rapid Healing
29. Native American Healing
30. Latin American Curanderismo
31. Southern African Healing and Professionalization Considerations

Reviews

"Full of fascinating and useful information." Clive Salzer. Complementary Medicine, July/August 2006