03183cam a22002895a 4500001000700000003000900007005001700016008004100033010001700074020001500091040002400106050002100130082001100151998000700162245011000169260005300279300002700332490002100359504004900380505202300429520025802452650003902710700004002749856007902789942000802868999001702876180191AU-EpEBC20140911164831.0981009s1998    miu      b    000 0 eng    a   98208147   a0825430712  aDLCcDLCdDLCdNEMB00aR733b.B374 1998  a174.2/  bEW00aBasic questions on alternative medicine :bwhat is good and what is not? /cGary P. Stewart ... [et al.].  aGrand Rapids, MI :bKregel Publications,cc1998.  a96 p. ;bpbk ;c17 cm.  aBioBasics series  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 91).  aHealth 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?  aThis 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. 0aAlternative medicinevMiscellanea.1 aStewart, Garyq(Gary P.)eJnt auth.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0612/98208147.html  2ddc  c37610d37610