Educational Opportunities in Integrative Medicine: The A-to-Z Healing Arts Guide and Professional Resource Directory (Know Your Source Guide) [Paperback]

Douglas Las Wengell MBA (Author), Nathen Gabriel ND (Author), Adam Perlman MD MPH (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: Know Your Source Guide | Publication Date: September 1, 2008

This all-in-one, up-to-date career and professional reference provides a comprehensive survey of integrative, alternative and complementary medicine therapies, their study and practice, for students as well as holistic practitioners. It covers the 11 major medical licenses – including natural and allopathic medicine, acupuncture, chiropractic, body and mind therapies and nursing – and 50 non-degree modalities such as ayurveda, herbal medicine, midwifery, biofeedback and yoga training. Modality history, philosophy, basic techniques and methods of each discipline are surveyed, along with career and training opportunities, licensure guidelines and salary information. With over 2,500 entries, it also features continuing education and postgraduate studies, conference and retreat centers, online resources and social networks, associations and research institutes, and major periodicals and publications. This book is a must-have desk resource for career seekers, students, holistic-minded healers and anyone interested in seeking out integrative medicine techniques and practitioners for themselves.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book is jam-packed with useful and well-researched information that will be invaluable when choosing a career (or practitioner) in integrative medicine."  —Christiane Northrup, MD, author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"This one-of-a-kind book performs an immense service by  providing a panoramic view of integrative medicine. Anyone contemplating entering this area will find this book a treasure."  —Larry Dossey, MD, author, Healing Words and Reinventing Medicine

"Useful, useful, useful!!! Remarkable in its full and helpful descriptions. A necessary tool for anyone in any healing profession and ever so valuable for anyone taking charge of their own health."  —James Fadiman, PhD, author, Unlimit Your Life, coeditor, Healing for the Whole Person

About the Author

Douglas "Las" Wengell, MBA, is the author of The Common Boundary Graduate Education Guide. He has consulted for the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the Preventive Medicine Research Institute founded by Dean Ornish, MD. The founder and CEO of Know Your Source and the founder of the Association for Integrity in Medicine, he aspires to provide practitioners better and greener professional products while advocating for the advancement of integrative medicine. He lives in Burlington, Vermont. Nathen Gabriel, ND, is in private practice in San Diego, California. He lives in San Diego. Adam Perlman, MD, MPH is the executive director of the Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he is a professor of medicine, and vice-chair of the Consortium of Health Centers of Integrated Medicine. He lives in Newark, New Jersey.

Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: The Hunter Press; 1 edition (September 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977655245
• ISBN-13: 978-0977655243
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #710,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #57 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Reference

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent source if pursuing a career in integrative medicine, May 25, 2010

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This review is from: Educational Opportunities in Integrative Medicine: The A-to-Z Healing Arts Guide and Professional Resource Directory (Know Your Source Guide) (Paperback)

As a first year nursing student, this book has answered a lot of questions I had regarding the field of integrative medicine. I plan to pursue a career in Holistic Nursing and to excel in this field one should be knowledgeable in the different disciplines and therapies that are currently available. If anyone plans to pursue this avenue of medicine and needs a practical and concise source of information, this is an excellent book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, October 23, 2008

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Sarah J. Wilkins (Mexico) - See all my reviews
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As a layperson who happens to work in a holistic environment, i found this book to be exceptionally well-researched and comprehensive. I can imagine all the students out there getting really excited reading this book and perhaps finding some clarity as to their actual specialty. It's truly inspiring to read about all the different, effective modalities one can choose from, or simply add to their knowledge database. Really well organized and easy to read.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a comprehensive resource guide!, October 15, 2008

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Aaron L. Krivitzky (Montclair, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Educational Opportunities in Integrative Medicine: The A-to-Z Healing Arts Guide and Professional Resource Directory (Know Your Source Guide) (Paperback)

As a new student to the holistic/alternative health field, I found this book extremely helpful in finding out what opportunities are available to me for a career in integrative heath care. This book also contains invaluable knowledge about the ins and outs of a holistic practice, both at a legalistic and personal level. The book starts addressing one's first considerations when choosing a school (in nearly every healing modality imaginable), and follows the user through to post-doc and post-grad programs available to enrich an already established practitioner. I would recommend this book to anyone who is thinking about starting their own holistic practice, practitioners who are looking to network within their field, and anyone curious about pursuing a holistic healing art in a professional or nonprofessional capacity.

This book reflects an important symbol of change within older medical paradigm; integrative medicine is the way of the future, and the A-Z Healing Arts Guide is right on the forefront of that change. Finally, a much needed comprehensive guide to an emerging medical field. Thanks for writing this!