Examining Alternative Medicine: An Inside Look at the Benefits & Risks

ISBN: 0830822755

Author: Reisser, Paul

Condition: New

Herbal therapy. Homeopathy. Acupuncture. Energy healing. Yoga. Therapeutictouch.These are just a few of the many new health care alternatives that have recentlyjoined the more established practices of chiropractic care, massage, weight-lossprograms and vitamin therapy. Today alternative medicine is not only mainstreambut also very big business.Some surveys show that there are as many patient visits to alternative healthcare providers each year as to traditional providers. Two of the best-knownadvocates of new perspectives on health, Andrew Weil and Deepak Chopra, eachsell millions of books and enjoy prime-time media attention.How should you evaluate these new options? Is alternative health care simply afad--or is it here to stay? What are the benefits and risks of nontraditionaltherapies? Do some health care alternatives have spiritual underpinnings at oddswith Christian faith and practice?Medical doctor Paul Reisser, former alternative health care practitioner Dale Mabeand writer Robert Velarde team up to answer these questions in ExaminingAlternative Medicine. Sound, frank and even-handed, their book is essentialreading for anyone seeking new roads to health.