Synovitz Linda Baily, Larson Karl L. (eds.) Consumer Health and Integrative Medicine

2nd edition. — Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2019. — 737 p. — ISBN: 9781284144123.Today, being a health consumer encompasses more than being knowledgeable about traditional medicine and health practice but also includes the necessity to be well informed about the expanding field of complementary and alternative medicine. Consumer Health and Integrative Medicine: Holistic View of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices, Second Edition was written to expand upon the many alternative modalities that many other consumer health texts overlook. It includes chapters on the major alternative medicine systems and healing modalities, including Ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, naturopathy, homeopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine, massage, reflexology, and herbals or botanicals. The authors mission is to increase reader's knowledge base, not make up their mind, as we all make better choices related to our own personal health care practices when we are informed consumers.Understanding the Basics
Introduction to Consumer Health, Conventional Medicine, and Complementary and Integrative Health
Scientific Method
Advertising Health Products
Traditional Medicine and Health Care
Cost of Healthcare in the United States
Conventional Medical and Health Care
Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Healthcare
CAM, Integrative Medicine and Health, and Early Pioneers
Complementary and Alternative Health Care: Historical Foundations of Holistic Healing
Alternative Medical Systems: Ayurveda and Its Practices
Alternative Medical Systems: Traditional Chinese Medicine
Alternative Medical Systems: Naturopathic and Homeopathic Medicine
Botanicals: A Biologically Based Therapy
Aromatherapy and Bach Original Flower Remedies
Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies: Chiropractic Medicine, Massage, and Reflexology
Mind-Body Intervention: Meditation, Yoga, Hypnosis, Alexander Technique, Biofeedback, Prayer, and Faith Healing
Energy Therapies
Avoidance of Scams and Costly Treatments That Don't Work
Frauds and Quackery
Protection and Rights of American Consumers
Health Insurance in the United States