Alternative therapies by Engdahl, Sylvia, Engdahl, Sylvia instant download

Alternative therapies by Engdahl, Sylvia, Engdahl, Sylvia instant download

231 pages ; 24 cm, \"Alternative Therapies: Is the Growing Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies Beneficial?; Are the Major Alternatives to Conventional Medicine Safe and Effective?; Should the Government Restrict the Use of Alternative Therapies?; What Complementary Therapies Are Used Along with Conventional Medicine?\"--, \"Alternative Therapies: Is the Growing Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies Beneficial?; Are the Major Alternatives to Conventional Medicine Safe and Effective?; Should the Government Restrict the Use of Alternative Therapies?; What Complementary Therapies Are Used Along with Conventional Medicine?\"-- Provided by publisher, Ch. 1: Is the Growing Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies Beneficial? Overview: What is complementary and alternative medicine? / National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Yes: Complementary and alternative therapies serve needs not met by conventional medicine. Cost-effective alternative therapies are being employed by integrative medicine / Deepak Chopra, Dean Ornish, Rustum Roy, and Andrew Weil -- Alternative therapies do good but should not be integrated with conventional medicine / Bruce G. Charlton -- Complementary and alternative therapies are helpful even if they are placebos / William Grassie -- No: Most complementary and alternative therapies are unproven and sometimes harmful. Complementary and alternative therapies are based on pseudoscience / Narendra Nayak -- Promotion of complementary and alternative therapies is deceptive / Marilynn Marchione -- ch. 2: Are the Major Alternatives to Conventional Medicine Safe and Effective? Chapter preface -- Acupuncture is suitable for treating a wide range of conditions / Douglas Dupler, Teresa G. Odle, and David Edward Newton -- Acupuncture produces no greater effect than a placebo / Richard Saint Cyr -- Homeopathic medicines are worthless and should not be sold as drugs / Stephen Barrett -- Many patients are being helped…