| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 638 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-602) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
The Editors; Preface; Publisher's Foreword; Part I: Contemporary Issues in Complementary Health Practices; Part II: Conditions; Part III: Influential Substances; Part IV: Practices and Treatments; Part V: Contributor Directory; Part VI: Resource Directory; References; Subject Index; Contributor Index. |
| Summary |
This comprehensive resource of key terms and concepts in complementary health care addresses practices, health conditions, and research-based treatments. Over 300 entries by distinguished contributors to the field explain such alternative therapies as naturopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic, nutrition, and massage. One section is devoted to pertinent issues in complementary health practice including economics, legal ramifications, education, and historical perspectives. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Alternative medicine -- Encyclopedias.
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Complementary Therapies.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Alternative Therapies.
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MEDICAL -- Healing.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healing.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Healing -- General.
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Alternative medicine. (OCoLC)fst00806153
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst01423798
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| Added Author |
Clark, Carolyn Chambers.
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Gordon, Rena J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Encyclopedia of complementary health practice. New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©1999 0826112390 9780826112392 (DLC) 99025832 (OCoLC)41076373 |
| ISBN |
9780826117229 (electronic bk.) |
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0826117228 (electronic bk.) |
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