Complementary medicine : an integrated approach /

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Author / Creator:Lewith, G. T.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Description:vi, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Oxford medical publications.
Oxford general practice series ; 34
Oxford general practice series ; no. 34.
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2600294
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Other authors / contributors:Kenyon, J. N. (Julian N.)
Lewis, Peter J.
ISBN:0192625659
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-267) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • I. The Social, Political, and Research Background to Complementary Medicine
  • 1. Complementary medical techniques: popularity and public perception
  • 2. Complementary medical research: tactics, strategies, and problems
  • II. The Therapies
  • 3. Acupuncture
  • 4. Environmental medicine (clinical ecology)
  • 5. Herbal medicine
  • 6. Homoeopathy
  • 7. Manipulation
  • 8. Mind-body medicine
  • 9. Nutritional medicine
  • III. The Diseases
  • 10. Asthma
  • 11. Back pain
  • 12. Cancer
  • 17. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
  • 18. Irritable bowel syndrome
  • 19. Migraine
  • 20. Osteoarthritis
  • 21. Premenstrual syndrome and the menopause
  • 22. Rheumatoid arthritis
  • 23. Rhinitis and hay fever
  • 24. Smoking cessation
  • 25. Upper respiratory tract infections and otitis media