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Complementary medicine and disability

Alternatives for people with disabling conditions

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Complementary healthcare: an introduction and overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to complementary medicine

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 3-20
    3. How to decide on complementary healthcare

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 47-74
  3. The therapies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
    2. Where to look for information

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 77-85
    3. Touch therapies

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 86-111
    4. Oriental medicine

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 112-124
    5. Structural techniques

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 125-136
    6. Functional techniques

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 137-146
    7. Movement and stillness: the disciplines

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 147-164
    8. Orally taken remedies

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 165-193
    9. Other therapies

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 194-208
  4. Complementary healthcare in practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
    2. Self-help

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 211-226
    3. What happens in complementary healthcare

      • Andrew Vickers
      Pages 227-249
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 251-310

Authors and Affiliations

  • Research Council for Complementary Medicine, London, UK

    Andrew Vickers

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Complementary medicine and disability

  • Book Subtitle: Alternatives for people with disabling conditions

  • Authors: Andrew Vickers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4521-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Andrew Vickers 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-48690-6Published: 01 January 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-4521-1Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 310

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Surgery

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