Complementary and Alternative Medicine - An Illustrated Colour Text

Description

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.

Key Features

• 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

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Allan Cumming, BSc(Hons), MBChB, MD, FRCP(E), Professor of Medical Education and Director of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching, and Honorary Consultant Physician, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;; Karen Simpson, BA(Hons), RN, RNT, Fellow in Medical Education, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; and David Brown, MBChB, DRCOG, General Practitioner, The Murrayfield Medical Centre, and Honorary Clinical Tutor, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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