Complementary and Alternative Medicine

ISBN: 9780443073748

出版社: Elsevier Science Health Science div

出版年: 2006-12

页数: 94

定价: 274.00元

装帧: Pap

内容简介

This short, illustrated introductory text covers the basics of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and is written primarily from the perspective of what medical students need to know and understand about this subject. It explores what CAM is and why it's popular with patients, what are the principal therapies, their appropriate use for treating common diseases, and how CAM can be integrated into everyday general practice.

A short, readable book on the basics of CAM Supported by research findings Applies to everyday medical practice Written at a level suitable for medical and other health students Succinct - thus appropriate for a short module on CAM - with text broken up by boxes, pictures and line drawings