Slow Medicine: Hope and Healing for Chronic Illness - Softcover

Finkelstein, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062225529 ISBN 13: 9780062225528

Publisher: Bravo Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

77 Questions for Skillful Living from integrative medicine pioneer Michael Finkelstein, M.D., guides readers through the questions that will help them understand wellness on a deep level and offers a new path to extraordinary health.

Dr. Finkelstein outlines his groundbreaking methods and gives readers the DIY tools they need to manage their own recovery from arthritis, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses that often go unresolved in the modern American healthcare system.

Each chapter in this essential handbook includes the key components of a successful consultation from illuminating lessons to practical prescriptions and is filled with illustrative anecdotes from real patients. 

77 Questions for Skillful Living examines the physical, psychological, environmental, and spiritual factors behind many common illnesses, and empowers you to take your health into your own hands, and to alleviate chronic conditions through conventional and integrative means.

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Review:

Dr. Michael Finkelstein masterfully guides us through the 77 questions that connect the dots of our lives. (Dr. Mehmet Oz, Vice Chair and Professor of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Columbia)

Everyone should read Beyond Conventional Medicine.... Dr. Finkelstein is a visionary practitioner, with decades of experience combining a scientist s perspective with common sense and wisdom. Beyond Conventional Medicine represents a superbly insightful advancement in the literature of Integrative Health. It is important, fun to read, and potentially life changing. (Andrew Weil, MD)

Living a life of unthinking habit can lead to unhealthy outcomes, emotionally and spiritually as well as physically...Finkelstein s queries reflect an approach that may start with one s physical habits...but then go much deeper. Answering [them] may lead the way to a healthier, more aware life. (Energy Times) --Various

About the Author:

Michael Finkelstein, M.D., has gained acclaim for his pioneering approach to integrative medicine since beginning his private practice more than twenty years ago. He is board certified in both internal medicine and integrative-holistic medicine, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and of the Associate Fellowship Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. In partnership with Business TalkRadio Network and Lifestyle TalkRadio Network, Dr. Finkelstein launched The Skillful Living Room, a nationally syndicated healthy-living discussion. He has also been featured in national media, including the New York Times, CNN, Martha Stewart Living Radio, and ABC News. He lectures widely, holding regular seminars throughout the New York tristate area on the full spectrum of health issues and concerns. He lives and works in Bedford, New York, at SunRaven, a center for holistic and skillful living, with his partner, Robin Queen, on their bucolic farm.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bravo Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062225529
• ISBN 13: 9780062225528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368