Complementary Medicine in Clinical Practice

Addresses challenging issues of care for the chronically ill, including:

• Can we expand the continuum of care to include prevention?
• Can low-tech care be brought into a sub-specializing, highly technical system?
• How much and what kind of evidence is enough to adopt a practice?
• Does the type of evidence we need for approving practices differ when risks are low?
• Who is qualified to practice integrative medicine? And, how do we tell? 

Provides important, timely information on research, practices, products, public use, the business of integrative medicine, nutrition, exercise, mind-body medicine, self-care, and the main systems of complementary and alternative approaches to health care.

Part 1. Introduction

1—Introduction — David Rakel, MD

2—Who Uses Complementary Medicine? – Nancy Faass, MSW, MPH

3—Four Levels of Integrative Practice – Martin Rossman, MD

4—Phasing in Integrative Medicine — Roger Jahnke, OMD

5—Strategic Business Planning for Your Practice — Caroline Martin, MHA, RN

6—Preventable Causes of Disease — Clement Bezold, PhD

7—Expanding the Continuum of Care - Nancy Faass with Wayne B. Jonas

8—Creating a Virtual Group Practice for Integrative Health Care - John C. Reed, MD, MD(H)

LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS

Part 2. Clinical Nutrition

9—Clinical Nutrition—Leo Galland, MD

10—Research on Nutritional Therapy for Anemia - Melvyn Werbach, MD

11—Testing for Food Allergies - Sidney MacDonald Baker, MD

12—Testing for Nutritional and Digestive Status- Patrick Hanaway, MD

13—Nutrition from a Functional Perspective - Institute for Functional Medicine

14—Coaching Skills for Nutritionists - Joy Kettler Gurgevich, MS

15—Recent Research on Nutrition - Nancy Faass, MSW, MPH

16—Clinical Nutrition Resources - Nancy Faass, MSW, MPH

Part 3. Exercise and Fitness

17—Exercise Therapy in Medicine  - Neil Sol, PhD

18—Exercise is Medicine - Cedric X. Bryant, PhD, FACSM, and James A. Peterson, PhD, FACSM

19—Medically Supervised Exercise for At-Risk Patients - Donna Manning, MS

20—Physiology of Qigong, Tai Chi, and Yoga - Roger Jahnke, OMD

Part 4. Mind-body Medicine

21—Introduction to Mind-Body Medicine - James Gordon, MD

22—Group Support  - James Gordon, MD

23—Biofeedback Applications - Patricia Norris, PhD

24—Heart Math - Douglas Mann, MD

25—Health Coaching - Debra Harris, RN, BSN, and Rebecca McLean

26—Guided Imagery - Martin Rossman, MD

27—Hypnosis - Steven Gurgevich, PhD

28—Spiritual Counseling - Mary Elizabeth O’Brien, PhD, MTS, RN, FAAN

Part 5. Self-Care

29—Self-Care - Caroline Martin, RN, MHA

30—Prescribing Relaxation Techniques - David Rakel, MD

31—Recommending Meditation - David Rakel, MD

32—Breathing Exercises - David Rakel, MD

Part 6. Therapeutic Massage

33—Referring Patients to Clinical Massage - Susan Rosen

34—An Overview of Clinical Massage- Karin Olsen and Linda Chrisman

35—Definitions of Clinical Massage and Bodywork - Karin Olsen, Whitney Lowe, Vickie Ina, Linda Chrisman, and Nancy Faass

36—Research on the Effectiveness of Massage - Tiffany M. Field, PhD

37—Clinical Massage Resources - Whitney Lowe and Linda Chrisman

Part 7. Acupuncture

38—Overview of Clinical Acupuncture - Efrem Korngold, OMD, and Nancy Faass, MSW, MPH

39—Research on Acupuncture Safety - Stephen Birch, PhD, JK Hesselink, FA Jonkman, TA Hekker, and A Bos

40—A Summary of Controlled Clinical Trials in Acupuncture - Richard Hammerschlag, PhD, Ryan Milley, and Stephen Birch, PhD, MBAc, LAc

41—Reported Clinical Outcomes in Acupuncture - Claire Cassidy, PhD, LAc

42— Basic Research on Acupuncture Mechanisms- Gabriel Stux, PhD, Brian Berman, PhD, and Bruce Pomeranz, PhD

43—Referring Patients to Acupuncture - Efrem Korngold, OMD

44—Acupuncture Training for Physicians - American Board of Medical Acupuncture

45—Acupuncture Resources - Efrem Korngold, OMD, and Michael Devitt

Part 8. Chiropractic

46—Overcoming Barriers to the Integration of Chiropractic - J. Michael Menke. MA, DC

47—An Overview of Chiropractic - David Chapman-Smith, LLB

48—Research on the Safety of Spinal Manipulation- William J. Lauretti, DC

49—Efficacy of Spinal Manipulation  - Gert Bronfort, PhD, DC, Mitchell Haas, DC, MA, Roni L. Evans, DC, MS, Lex M. Bouter, PhD

50—Biomechanical Mechanisms of Chiropractic - John Triano, PhD, DC

51—Research on Spinal Physiology - Joel G. Pickar, DC, PhD

52—Referring Patients to Chiropractic Care - Charles A. Simpson, DC

53—Six Perspectives on Herniated Disc Treatment - Kellie Pearson, DC

54—Chiropractic Resources - David Chapman-Smith, LLB

Part 9. Herbal Therapy

55—Access to Botanical Therapy - Carlo Calabrese, ND, MPH

56—Overview of Botanical Therapy - Michael T. Murray,

57—Whole Complex Herbs - Francis Brinker, ND

58—Interactions of Pharmaceuticals and Botanical Medicines - Francis J. Brinker, ND

59—Applying Botanical Therapy in Clinical Practice - Jill Stansbury, ND

60—Assessing the Effectiveness of Naturopathic Medicine - Carlo Calabrese, ND, MPH

61—Enhancing Anti-inflammatory Drug Effects with Botanicals - Francis Brinker, ND

Part 10. Models of Integrative Medicine

62—The Healing Power of Relationship-Centered Care - David Rakel, MD

63—Completing your Patient Referral Network - John C. Reed, MD, MD(H)

64—Credentialing Complementary Practitioners - John C. Reed, M.D., MD(H) and Vickie Ina, MBA

65—Health Promotion and Complementary Medicine - Roger Jahnke, OMD

66—Evolution of an Integrative Practice - Brian Bouch, MD

67—Functional Medicine in Integrative Practice - Institute for Functional Medicine

68—Interprofessional Referral Protocols - Robert D. Mootz, DC

69—Programs in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona - Victoria Maizes, MD

70—Optimal Healing Environments - Wayne B Jonas MD, Ronald A Chez MD

• "This book is ideal for novice or expert since it offers both primary information on many therapies and concrete information on practice-business related issues. Many leaders in the CAM/IM field have authored chapters in the text."

  —Martha J. Greenberg, PhD
  Pace University
  Doody’s Book Review Service
  May 2006

   

   

   

  “Helpful information is provided for learning basic-to-advanced information regarding complementary modalities. Research findings are included for many modalities. For instance, an entire chapter is dedicated to reporting clinical trials of acupuncture for treating various symptoms as well as discussing problems in research design and reporting of acupuncture studies. In this era of evidence-based practice, such information is quite useful for the practicing holistic nurse.”

  —Reviewed by Valerie S. Eschit RN, MSN, CHTP, AHN-BC

  Beginnings, volume 26, number 4

  American Holistic Nurses Association

   

Complementary Medicine in Clinical Practice is essential reading for all students and health professionals searching for successful ways to integrate complementary medicine into practice.