Fundamentals of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine / Marc S. Micozzi

CONTENT INCLUDES:

Section One: Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Healthcare
1. Characteristics of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Contemporary Healthcare
2. Translation from Conventional Medicine
3. Issues and Problems in Integrative Medicine
4. CAM in Social Work, Community and Environment

Section Two: Fundamental Sciences
5 Quantum Biology & Biofields in Health and Healing
6.. Energy Medicine
7. Quantum Botany, Plant Ecology and Systems Theory
8. Neurohumoral Physiology and Pyschoneuroimmunology
9. Mind Body Physiology and Placebo Effects

Section Three: Mind Body Medicine
10. Western Foundations of Mind Body, Mindfulness, and Meditation
11. Mind Body Therapies
Part 1: Stress Reduction, Relaxation, Mindfulness and Meditation Practices
12. Mind Body Therapies
Part 2: Hypnosis, Biofeedback, Guided Imagery, Mental Healing, and Psychometrics
13. Prayer, Religion, Intentionality, and Spirituality
14. Humor, Laughter and Wellness
15. Integrative Mental Healthcare

SECTION FOUR. BODYWORK and MANUAL THERAPIES
16. Massage and Manual Therapies: Principles of Bodywork and Manual Healing
17. Bodywork, Healing Touch and Touch Therapies
18. Chiropractic and Spinal Manual Therapy
19. Reflexology
20. Yoga: Postures ,Breathing and Meditation

Section Five: Western Electromagnetic, Natural, Nutritional, and Plant Based Therapies
21. Western Origins of Natural Medicines, Nature Cure, Osteopathy, and Naturopathy
22. Contemporary Naturopathic Medicine
23. Electromagnetic Therapies Part 1:, Light and Phototherapy
24. Electromagnetic Therapies Part 2: Electricity and Magnetism
25. Homeopathic Medicine
26. Western Herbalism and Ethnobotany
27. Plant Essential Oils & Aromatherapy
28. Food & Agriculture, Diet & Nutrition, and Water & Hydration
29. Nutrients and Diet Therapies

Section Six: Traditional World Medical Systems Part 1: East and Southeast Asia
30. Social and Cultural Factors in Medicine: East and West
31. Ethnomedicine, Shamanism and Cultural Origins
32. Traditional Medicine of China & East Asia
33. Classical Acupuncture
34. Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Burma and Thailand

Section Seven: Traditional World Medical Systems Part 2: Middle Asia
35. Tibetan Medicine
36. Traditional Medicines of India and Nepal: Ayur Veda & Siddha
37. Unani Medicine: Greco Roman, Persian and Moslem Traditions
38. Sufism & Healing in the Middle East

Section Eight: Traditional World Medical Systems Part 3:
Africa, Americas & the Pacific
39. Magico Religious Traditions and Contemporary Shamanism
40. African Healing and Becoming a Traditional Healer
41. Native North American Medicine & Medicinal Plants
42. Latin American Medicine, and Curanderismo
43. Hawaii, South Pacific & Philippine Islands; Alaska & Pacific Northwest
44. Modern Asia, Africa, Americas and the Pacific

Includes bibliogrphical references and index.