A truly unique reference! This all-new, cutting-edge reference lists thousands of terms from the fastest growing form of medical treatment -alternative and complementary medicine.
Categories include medical acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy, osteopathy, herbs, massage & body works, Tibetan medicine, traditional Chinese medicine & complementary therapies, chiropractic medicine, Native American medicine, ayurvedic medicine, holistic nursing, spiritual healing, Qigong, biofeedback therapy, hypnotherapy, behavioral medicine, orthomolecular medicine, megavitamin therapy, nutritional biotherapy, medication and mindfulness.
Includes appendices with illustrations and sample cases
Alternative therapies are becoming more and more accepted in our modern culture, [and] physicians are dictating more about these topics.... Now we have Stedman's Alternative Medicine Words right when we need it.... Stedman's has done an outstanding job putting together a book of this size."
- Diane Hernandez, Orange County Chapter of the California Association for Medical Transcription (published in the CAMT Newsletter, Feb 2000)