Acupuncture in Practice: Case History Insights From the West [Hardcover]

Hugh MacPherson PhD (Editor), Ted J. Kaptchuk OMD (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 044305049X | ISBN-13: 978-0443050497 | Publication Date: January 15, 1997 | Edition: 1

Written by THE leading lights in the field of integrating acupuncture into a Western medical system, this book bridges the gap between the theoretical foundations of acupuncture and its application in a modern Western clinical context. Each case history focuses on the complexities and dilemmas of treatment that are tackled, providing valuable insights by experienced practitioners into the management of a course of acupuncture treatment.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 482 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 1 edition (January 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 044305049X
• ISBN-13: 978-0443050497
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,218,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A vision of acupuncture from West to East, February 5, 1997

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This review is from: Acupuncture in Practice: Case History Insights From the West (Hardcover)

This compendium describes 40 clinical meetings between patient and practitioner, providing a vibrant glimpse of the ongoing movement of Eastern medicine beyond its original geographic confines. The collective voice of this text is made up of diverse perspectives. Every practitioner filters the East Asian tradition through different training, skill, life experiences, passion and wisdom and links each clinical and human nuance in a way that exemplifies his formal training and his unique sensibilities. But one of the aspects of coherence in the described cases is that a synthetic logic, as opposed to an analytic logic, propels each one of this medical narratives and their strong unity of vision is more impressive than any differences in details and demontrates that, despite the apparences of fragmentation in the West, Oriental medicine's original inspiration has been renewed and reaffirmed. P.S.: The book is already available and will be translated into Italian in the next months edited by Dr. LUCIO SOTTE, who wrote the Italian case in the original version.