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Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice
by Fontaine, Karen Lee, RN, MSNEdition:
3rd
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9780135102466
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0135102464
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Pub. Date:
1/6/2010
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Prentice Hall
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Summary
Providing a comprehensive overview of alternative health practices and complementary therapies from a nursing perspective, this enlightening and informative resource covers the principles, techniques, research, health promotion methods and healing practices for specific illnesses and symptoms.
This newly updated third edition incorporates the latest research findings, expanded resource sections, additional photographs, and thoroughly updated material. This is a perfect resource for nurses and practitioners in allied health fields who seek to expand their practice to offer wider choices to consumers of health care.
This practical guide covers the principles, techniques, research, and health promotion methods and healing practices of specific illnesses and symptoms. It encourages readers to explore alternative approaches and increases their knowledge about factors that contribute to health and illness.
Includes:
-Chapters related to botanical healings, manual healing methods, mind-body techniques, and spiritual approaches to therapeutic intervention.
-USING RESEARCH TO HEAL feature presents current studies to further critical thinking and inspire you to design studies to answer your own questions.
-TRY THIS feature gives an example of how alternative practices can be integrated into your own life, as well as giving you ideas for client education.
-Appendix on Alternative Therapies for Common Health Problems.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Reviewers | p. xiv |
| Healing Practices: Complementary/Alternative Therapies for Nurses | p. 1 |
| Integrative Healing | p. 3 |
| Basic Concepts Guiding Alternative Therapies | p. 21 |
| The Role of Evidence-Based Health Care in Complementary and Alternative Therapies | p. 41 |
| Systematized Health Care Practices | p. 55 |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine | p. 57 |
| Ayurvedic Medicine | p. 80 |
| Native American Healing and Curanderismo | p. 101 |
| Botanical Healing | p. 121 |
| Herbs and Nutritional Supplements | p. 123 |
| Aromatherapy | p. 145 |
| Homeopathy | p. 160 |
| Naturopathy | p. 171 |
| Manual Healing Methods | p. 179 |
| Chiropractic | p. 181 |
| Massage | p. 193 |
| Pressure Point Therapies | p. 213 |
| Hand-Mediated Biofield Therapies | p. 228 |
| Combined Physical and Biofield Therapies | p. 242 |
| Mind-Body Techniques | p. 251 |
| Yoga | p. 253 |
| Meditation | p. 268 |
| Hypnotherapy and Guided Imagery | p. 283 |
| Dreamwork | p. 301 |
| Intuition | p. 317 |
| Music Therapy | p. 326 |
| Biofeedback | p. 335 |
| Movement-Oriented Therapies | p. 341 |
| Spiritual Therapies | p. 353 |
| Shamans | p. 355 |
| Faith and Prayer | p. 366 |
| Other Therapies | p. 383 |
| Bioelectromagnetics | p. 385 |
| Animal-Assisted Therapy | p. 399 |
| Appendix Alternative Therapies for Common Health Problems | p. 417 |
| Index | p. 443 |
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