HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Search:
Title Browse
Author Browse
Subject Browse
Best Seller Browse
Music Title Browse
Video/DVD Title Browse
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Serial Title Browse
Series Browse (includes Bestseller List)
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
Name Keyword
Series Keyword
Score Title Browse
Talking Book Title Browse
Awards Note Browse
Bib No.
Barcode
Refine Search
> You're searching:
HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
Subjects
Alternative medicine.
Naturopathy.
Browse Catalog
by title:
Alternative therapie...
MARC Display
Alternative therapies / Sylvia Engdahl, book editor.
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012.
Subjects
Alternative medicine.
Naturopathy.
ISBN:
9780737756104 (hardback)
0737756101 (hardback)
9780737756111 (paperback)
073775611X (paperback)
Series:
Current controversies.
Description:
231 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Ch. 1: Is the Growing Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies Beneficial? Overview: What is complementary and alternative medicine? / National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Yes: Complementary and alternative therapies serve needs not met by conventional medicine. Cost-effective alternative therapies are being employed by integrative medicine / Deepak Chopra, Dean Ornish, Rustum Roy, and Andrew Weil -- Alternative therapies do good but should not be integrated with conventional medicine / Bruce G. Charlton -- Complementary and alternative therapies are helpful even if they are placebos / William Grassie -- No: Most complementary and alternative therapies are unproven and sometimes harmful. Complementary and alternative therapies are based on pseudoscience / Narendra Nayak -- Promotion of complementary and alternative therapies is deceptive / Marilynn Marchione -- ch. 2: Are the Major Alternatives to Conventional Medicine Safe and Effective? Chapter preface -- Acupuncture is suitable for treating a wide range of conditions / Douglas Dupler, Teresa G. Odle, and David Edward Newton -- Acupuncture produces no greater effect than a placebo / Richard Saint Cyr -- Homeopathic medicines are worthless and should not be sold as drugs / Stephen Barrett -- Many patients are being helped by chiropractic care / Julie Deardorff -- Chiropractic spine manipulation may do more harm than good / J.D. Haines -- Ayurveda is a widely used traditional system of healing / National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- The effectiveness and safety of ayurvedic drugs has not been tested / Meera Nanda -- Naturopathy aims not only to treat disease but also to restore health / American Association of Naturopathic Physicians -- There is no evidence to support the claims of naturopathy / Robert T. Carroll -- ch. 3: Should the Government Restrict the Use of Alternative Therapies? Chapter preface -- Yes: The government should favor conventional medicine and judge alternatives by its standards. Protecting public health is the responsibility of the government / Brennen McKenzie -- The government should force minors to accept conventional medical treatment / Steven Novella -- Parents of children who die from reliance on alternative therapies should go to prison / Phil Plait -- The law exempting dietary supplements from regulation should be repealed / David H. Gorski -- No: Government interference with health care choices is a violation of personal freedom. Access to complementary and alternative therapies must be protected / Diane Miller -- The 2010 health care reform law hurts users of alternative therapies / Curt Levey and Jim Turner -- Opponents of CAM apply a double standard to evidence of its effectiveness / Richard A. Jaffe -- People have a right to make their own health care choices even if they are wrong / Jon Rappoport -- ch. 4: What Complementary Therapies Are Used with Conventional Medicine? Chapter preface -- Tai chi has many health benefits for people of all ages and conditions / HealthyWomen -- Music therapy is used in many ways to help patients heal / Pam Mellskog -- Creative arts are often used as therapy by health care institutions / Elaine Zablocki -- Dog therapy helps people recover from emotional illness / Jennifer Caprioli -- Glossary -- Organizations to contact.
Requests:
0
Summary:
"Alternative Therapies: Is the Growing Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies Beneficial?; Are the Major Alternatives to Conventional Medicine Safe and Effective?; Should the Government Restrict the Use of Alternative Therapies?; What Complementary Therapies Are Used Along with Conventional Medicine?"--
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Hawaii State Library
YA -- Nonfiction
615.535 Al
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.0
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.