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" Holism and complementary medicine : "
Vincent Di Stefano.
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BL
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946415
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b700785
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Di Stefano, Vincent.
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Holism and complementary medicine : : origins and principles /\ Vincent Di Stefano.
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Crows Nest, NSW :: Allen & Unwin,, 2006.
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xxx, 205 pages
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1741148464
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: 9781741148466
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-186) and index.
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Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: The making of a new medicine -- PART I. ORIGINS. Antiquity: the early origins of medicine -- Middle times: the gathering light -- Modernity and beyond: the temple of power -- PART II. PRINCIPLES. Holism and reductionism in medicine: reconciling the opposites -- The healing relationship: reflections on the clinical encounter -- The therapeutic aims of holistic medicine: restoring the body, empowering the mind -- Turning the medicine wheel: between paradigms -- Firming the foundations: ways of knowing -- Completing the circle: voices of renewal -- Glossary -- References -- Notes -- Index.
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Offers a systematic overview of traditional healing practices, the development of the Western biomedical model from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the present, and the holistic philosophy which is the basis of complementary and alternative medicine in the West.
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Alternative medicine.
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Holistic medicine-- History.
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Holistic medicine.
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Alternative medicine.
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Holistic medicine.
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Complementary Therapies.
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Complementary Therapies-- history.
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Holistic Health.
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615.5
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R733.D468 2006
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2006 H-824
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WB 890D536t 2006
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