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Basic questions on alternative medicine : what is good and what is not? / Gary P. Stewart ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Series: BioBasics seriesPublication details: Grand Rapids, MI : Kregel Publications, c1998.Description: 96 p. ; pbk ; 17 cmISBN:
  • 0825430712
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.2/
LOC classification:
  • R733 .B374 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
Health and Alternative Therapies. 1. What is health? -- 2. Who is responsible for your health? -- 3. What is alternative medicine? -- 4. Will my health insurance pay for alternative therapies? -- Evaluating Alternative Therapies. 5. What are the core guiding principles for selecting alternative therapies? -- 6. How can I know if the claims for therapies are accurate and reliable? -- 7. What is "junk science"? 25 8. If it worked for someone else, should I try it? -- 9. Is there a profit motive related to the acceptance or rejection of alternative therapies? -- 10. How are alternative therapies and practitioners regulated? -- 11. What is the role of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in alternative therapies? -- 12. How is the freedom to choose alternative therapies protected by law? -- Popular Alternative Therapies. 13. What is holistic health? -- 14. What is mind-body medicine? -- 15. Why is cleansing a common principle in a number of alternative therapies? -- 16. What is acupuncture? -- 17. What is applied kinesiology? -- 18. What is Ayurvedic medicine? -- 19. What is chelation therapy? -- 20. What is chiropractic? -- 21. What are herbal remedies? -- 22. What is homeopathy? -- 23. What is meditation? -- 24. What is naturopathy? -- 25. What is osteopathy? -- 26. What is Reiki? -- 27. What is shamanic medicine? -- 28. What is shark cartilage therapy? -- 29. What is therapeutic touch? -- 30. What are visualization techniques? -- 31. What is yoga? -- Spirituality and Alternative Therapies. 32. Is alternative therapies' attention to spirituality positive? -- 33. How strongly are alternative therapies linked to Eastern religions, New Age beliefs, and the occult? -- 34. Is alternative medicine in harmony with Christian tradition? -- 35. Am I compromising my faith by using alternative therapies? -- 36. Is chi orprana the same as the Holy Spirit by another name? -- 37. Is prayer an alternative therapy? -- 38. What should I think about faith healing? -- 39. Does all healing come from God?
Summary: This booklet examines various alternative medical therapies and treatments and evaluates each from a professional and biblical perspective. It serves as a map to steer people through the maze of alternative medicine and help them make competent choices.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 91).

Health and Alternative Therapies.
1. What is health? --
2. Who is responsible for your health? --
3. What is alternative medicine? --
4. Will my health insurance pay for alternative therapies? --
Evaluating Alternative Therapies.
5. What are the core guiding principles for selecting alternative therapies? --
6. How can I know if the claims for therapies are accurate and reliable? --
7. What is "junk science"? 25
8. If it worked for someone else, should I try it? --
9. Is there a profit motive related to the acceptance or rejection of alternative therapies? --
10. How are alternative therapies and practitioners regulated? --
11. What is the role of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in alternative therapies? --
12. How is the freedom to choose alternative therapies protected by law? --
Popular Alternative Therapies.
13. What is holistic health? --
14. What is mind-body medicine? --
15. Why is cleansing a common principle in a number of alternative therapies? --
16. What is acupuncture? --
17. What is applied kinesiology? --
18. What is Ayurvedic medicine? --
19. What is chelation therapy? --
20. What is chiropractic? --
21. What are herbal remedies? --
22. What is homeopathy? --
23. What is meditation? --
24. What is naturopathy? --
25. What is osteopathy? --
26. What is Reiki? --
27. What is shamanic medicine? --
28. What is shark cartilage therapy? --
29. What is therapeutic touch? --
30. What are visualization techniques? --
31. What is yoga? --
Spirituality and Alternative Therapies.
32. Is alternative therapies' attention to spirituality positive? --
33. How strongly are alternative therapies linked to Eastern religions, New Age beliefs, and the occult? --
34. Is alternative medicine in harmony with Christian tradition? --
35. Am I compromising my faith by using alternative therapies? --
36. Is chi orprana the same as the Holy Spirit by another name? --
37. Is prayer an alternative therapy? --
38. What should I think about faith healing? --
39. Does all healing come from God?

This booklet examines various alternative medical therapies and treatments and evaluates each from a professional and biblical perspective. It serves as a map to steer people through the maze of alternative medicine and help them make competent choices.

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