Holism and Complementary Medicine: Origins and Principles

by Vincent Di Stefano

Overview

This systematic overview of traditional healing practices discusses the increasing popularity of natural and complementary therapies. Covering the development of the Western biomedical model and explaining the holistic philosophy on which alternative Western medicine is based, this guide to the origins and core principals of natural therapies also addresses key practice issues such as the role holistic principles play in today’s health care system and their place in the therapeutic relationship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781741148466
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/01/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Vincent Di Stefano is a practitioner in osteopathy and Western herbal medicine and has qualifications in gerontology, acupuncture, and naturopathy. He is a lecturer at Victoria University and regularly contributes to a number of journals, conferences, and professional associations.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The making of a new medicine

Part One

1: Antiquity - the early origins of medicine

2: Middle times - the gathering light

3: Modernity and beyond - the temple of power

Part Two

4: Holism and reductionism in medicine - reconciling the opposites

5: The healing relationship - reflections on the clinical encounter

6: The therapeutic aims of holistic medicine - restoring the body, empowering the mind

7: Turning the medicine wheel - between paradigms

8: Firming the foundations - ways of knowing

9: Completing the circle - voices of reneweal

Glossary

References

Editorial Reviews

"Brings together many threads that link the health of body, mind, and society." —Bruce Barrett, MD, PhD, assistant professor of family medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison

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