Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

by Wayne Jonas, Jeffrey S. Levin, Levin Harvey (With)

Concerned with complementary and alternative medicines, this text offers insights into the social and scientific foundations in the field, the safety and efficiency of alternative products and overviews of 20 commonly used complementary and alternative modalities. Part One discusses the history, ethics, and scientific study of alternative medicine. The second part discusses the safety of many products and practices, including herbs, dietary and nutritional products and homeopathy. Part Three provides overviews of complementary and alternative modalities including Ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, and naturopathy.

618 pages, ebook

First published May 1, 1999

About the author

WAYNE JONAS, MD, is a widely published investigator, practicing family physician, and professor of medicine at Georgetown University and at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. He is also a retired lieutenant colonel in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. Dr. Jonas was the director of the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health from 1995 to 1999 and led the World Health Organization's Collaborative Center for Traditional Medicine. Prior to that, he served as the director of medical research fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He now advises national and international organizations on ways to implement evidence-based healing practices in their medical systems. Visit drwaynejonas.com.