Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice [Paperback]

Carolyn Chambers Clark EdD ARNP FAAN (Author), Rena Gordon PhD (Editor), Barbara Harris RN LMT (Editor), Carl Helvie RN DrPH (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0826112390 | ISBN-13: 978-0826112392 | Publication Date: May 15, 1999 | Edition: 1

This comprehensive resource of key terms and concepts in complementary health care addresses practices, health conditions, and research-based treatments. Over 300 entries by distinguished contributors to the field explain such alternative therapies as naturopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic, nutrition, and massage.

One section is devoted to pertinent issues in complementary health practice including economics, legal ramifications, education, and historical perspectives.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Carolyn Chambers Clark, ARNP, EdD, FAAN, AHNC, founded the Wellness Institute and now runs a website called Wellness and Relationship Resources at www.carolynchambersclark.com that provides continuing education materials, newsletters, seminars, and practice management consultation. As a certified advanced holistic nurse and mental health nurse practitioner, she has maintained a private practice with clients for more than 30 years, focusing on whole person wellness.

She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 1980 and is an award-winning author who has conducted research and published widely on wellness, holistic, and self-care topics, including Wellness Practitioner, Integrating Complementary Procedures into Practice, Health Promotion in Communities: Holistic and Wellness Approaches (Springer Publishing Company, 2001),Holistic Assertiveness Skills for Nurses: Empower Yourself (and Others!) (Springer Publishing Company, 2003) and The Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice (Springer Publishing Company. 1999) She was also founding editor of the Alternative Health Practitioner: The Journal of Complementary and Natural Care and is the author of Group Leadership Skills (Springer Publishing Company, 2003), now in its fourth edition.

Rena J. Gordon, PhD, is Research Lecturer in family and community medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, and Visiting Professor, Arizona State University East. Dr. Gordon was lead editor (with B. C. Nienstedt and W. M. Gesler) of Alternative Therapies: Expanding Options in Health Care (Springer, 1998) and is Editor of Alternative health Practitioner: The Journal of Complementary and Natural Care. Committed to improving health care services for special populations, her research has assisted the delivery of health care in Hispanic and American Indian communities. Her book, Arizona Rural Health Provider Atlas (1984, 1987), was selected by the U.S. Department of State for distribution to overseas organizations involved in epidemiological studies, and it served as a model for Florida's health care atlas. She has published widely on intraurban physician location, malpractice and rural obstetric service, maternal and child health, long-term care and elder services, primary care services in underserved areas, health policy issues, and health services delivery and healing practices in Cuba.

Barbara (Bobbi) Harris, RN, LMT, BA, HNC, is a Registered Nurse who is nationally certified in Holistic Nursing. She is also a Certified Natural Health Care Practitioner and Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Florida. She received her bachelors Degree in Psychology (magna cum laude) and has studied Counseling, Mental health, and Transpersonal Psychology at the graduate level. Her holistic studies include receiving certification as a Reiki Master/Teacher. She is author of Conversations with Mary: Modern Miracles in an Everyday Life (1999). Correspondence can be sent to her at P.O. Box 1449, Osprey, FL 34229.

Carl O. Helvie, RN, DrPH, is Professor of Nursing at Old Dominion University, and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in community health nursing and on homelessness in developed countries. He has over 35 publications in nursing and health journals and has given 30 presentations at national and international conferences in the past 5 years. Two of his latest books are Advanced Practice Nursing in the Community (1998) and Homelessness in the United States, Europe, and Russia (1999). He has been active with national nursing and homeless organizations and with national journals. In 1996 he was awarded a grant from the Division of Nursing, HHS, to open a nursing center for the homeless and low income of his community. He has applied for funding to continue this center into the next century. He was awarded the Ruth B. Freeman Distinguished Public Health Association in 1998.

Product Details

• Paperback: 638 pages
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (May 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826112390
• ISBN-13: 978-0826112392
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,047,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Regarding Naturopathy's Coded Science-Ejected Principles, 1999:, May 26, 2008

By 

Robert J. Cullen "'Dr. Bob Ironic'" (Bridgeport, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice (Paperback)

This book is an excellent example of naturopathy's 'occult vitalism, spiritism, teleology & kind misrepresentation:'

the coding of their 'purposeful life spirit' central article of faith, and the mislabeling of such as able to survive scientific scrutiny.

I quote Pizzorno, J. (ND NCNM):

"[ p.057] the following six principles are the foundation of for the education of naturopathic physicians and the practice of naturopathy [...including naturopaths encourage] the body's self-healing process, the vis medicatrix naturae [...] an inherent self-healing process in the person that is ordered and intelligent [...we're] educated in conventional medical sciences [...our principles] are based on the objective observation of the nature of health and disease and are continually reexamined in the light of current scientific advances [...p.059] the degree of doctor of naturopathic medicine requires four years of graduate-level study in the medical sciences."

-r.c.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, if this is what you are looking for..., February 26, 2008

By 

Gavin Overmeyer "Serendipitous" (Cape Town, South Africa) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice (Hardcover)

I've just received my copy & have just started reading the book. Initial impression...very comprehensive and an excellent resource for anyone entering the field of alternative healthcare.