The Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0723432074 ISBN 13: 9780723432074

Publisher: Mosby, 2001

Synopsis

This essential desk reference provides concise evidence-based information on 64 popular forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and 38 common conditions frequently treated with CAM. Each section has a clear and accessible design to enable quick decision-making, and includes an analysis of the most up-to-date research available.

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Review:

"The authors have been successful in producing a comprehensive and worthwhile guide that can be recomended to all clinicians and anyone else who may want a readily accessible guide."The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, January 2002 book marks a major milestone"Compl Ther Med, January 2002 work of scholarship that impartially presents...the evidence"Health Watch Newsletter, January 2002 authors are to be congratulated for producing this...the first of its kind ...invaluable to the busy GP...an essential component of the GP s desktop..."Acupunct Med, January 2002 will refer to [it] every time a patient asks me about an alternative treatment" J Roy Soc Med, January 2001 is the book that can provide the answers " Med J Aust anyone who deals with questions from patients about CAM, this book is a must"Eur J Clin Pharmacol publication of this first rate book is a landmark."Holistic Health, No 75 information in this book is oresented in a manner that makes it easyto use in the clinical setting. The strength of the book lies in the Conditions section. References throughout the section assist the reader in finding more information about an area of interest, and the CD ROM makes this task very easy and enjoyable.""Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society, December 2003

About the Author:

Clinical Research Fellow, Primary Care Research, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Plymouth, UK. Editor, Acupuncture in Medicine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0723432074
• ISBN 13: 9780723432074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Ernst MD PhD FRCP FRCPED Edzard, Pittler MD PHD Max H., Stevinson MSc Clare, White PhD MA BM BCh Adrian