The Duke Encyclopedia of New Medicine: Conventional and Alternative Medicine for All Ages - Hardcover

The Duke Center For Integrative Medicine; Liebowitz, Richard; Smith, Linda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594864942 ISBN 13: 9781594864940

Publisher: Rodale Books, 2006

Synopsis

This superb new medical reference from the world-renowned Duke Center for Integrative Medicine presents a state-of-the-art approach to integrative care

Increasingly the trend in health care is away from a disease-oriented, physician- and technology-centered model toward a wellness-oriented, patient-centered approach that combines alternative healing therapies with conventional medicine. Nowhere is this holistic philosophy of healing practiced at a higher level than at the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine (DCIM).

This medical reference, with hundreds of full-color images, is the most authoritative and comprehensive ever published on integrative care. It contains:

· individual entries for more than 200 common health concerns with a detailed description of Duke's integrative approach to treating each condition

· profiles of nearly 100 complementary and alternative healing therapies―from acupuncture to ayurveda, magnet therapy to massage, vitamin and mineral supplementation to Zen meditation

This book is an essential medical resource for the 21st century―one that belongs in every home.

About this title

About the Author:

TRACY W. GAUDET, MD, is director of the DCIM and was the founding executive director of the University of Arizona's Integrative Medicine Program.

RICHARD S. LIEBOWITZ, MD, is the research director of the DCIM and the executive medical director of the Duke Center for Living.

LINDA SMITH, PA-C, is director of programs and operations of the DCIM, a certified yoga teacher, and a meditation practitioner and instructor.

THE CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE at duke university, founded in 2000, has become the recognized world leader in the advocacy and practice of integrative medical care.

From Booklist:

This encyclopedia is among the latest additions to the rapidly growing collection of consumer health books on alternative medicine. But as the full title indicates, this well-illustrated work is not a compendium of unusual remedies but rather a resource about an approach that combines both conventional and alternative practices, a method often termed "integrative medicine." With contributions from a team of health-care professionals, mostly from the Center for Integrative Medicine at Duke University, the encyclopedia starts with brief but helpful preliminary chapters describing the integrative-medicine approach. Following this, part 1 includes 15 anatomically or systemically organized chapters (for example, "Eyes," "Respiratory System"), each containing 8 to 23 articles on individual health conditions. Articles are concise, and each includes a description of the condition, its causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatments from both conventional and nonconventional perspectives. Part 2 consists of six chapters (for example, "The Natural World," "Energy Therapy"), each with 8 to 16 articles describing specific alternative therapies. Here the reader learns about well-known practices, like acupuncture, and some exotic ones, like chakra balancing, all associated with the "Scale of Evidence," a tool for assessing safety and effectiveness. The purpose of the encyclopedia is to provide "a comprehensive resource on integrative medicine," but compared to other titles—for example, the four-volume Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (2005)—it falls significantly short in depth and breadth. As a basic guide, it is disappointingly limited in the number of references, with no real bibliography. Moreover, its selection of topics may not reflect the needs of its intended lay audience; for example, the account of herbals, a common therapeutic option utilized by many Americans, is cursory. The Duke Encyclopedia of New Medicine is at best an introduction to integrative medicine and a way to inform patients of the options it offers. It is not a priority purchase for libraries. Hoffecker, Lilian

About this edition

• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1594864942
• ISBN 13: 9781594864940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640