The Holistic Pediatrician (Second Edition): A Pediatrician's Comprehensive Guide to Safe and Effective Therapies for the 25 Most Common Ailments of Infants, Children, and Adolescents [Paperback]

Kathi J. Kemper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 6, 2002

If you're one of the thousands of parents who feel frustrated and overwhelmed by the different kinds of medical advice you're getting from doctors, homeopaths, and others, then you will find comfort -- and answers -- in this comprehensive guide to integrative medicine for children. Fully updated and revised to reflect the numerous recent advances in this field, Dr. Kemper's The Holistic Pediatrician incorporates the best of both mainstream and alternative medicine to aid parents in dealing with the most common childhood health problems. From ear infections to allergies, fevers to diaper rash, colds to bedwetting, this invaluable guide provides factual advice that aims to heal the whole child, rather than espousing one medical philosophy or another.

Based on scientific evidence and written in commonsense language rather than medical jargon, The Holistic Pediatrician is the first place any parent should turn for authoritative and empowering advice on all aspects of their children's health.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“A must read for all pediatricians and the families they serve.” (Dr. Henry Bernstein, DO, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School )

“This delightful, informative, and indispensable holistic guide to children’s health will become a classic.” (Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Making the Body, Mending the Mind )

About the Author

Kathi J. Kemper is a pediatrician on the faculty of the University of Washington and on the staff of the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, helping to train family doctors in pediatrics.

She has a national reputation as a pediatric researcher and educator and currently serves as the chair of the Research Committee of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association as well as the first chair of its Special Interest Group on Holistic Medicine.

Kemper lives in Seattle, Washington.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial; 2 edition (August 6, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060084278
• ISBN-13: 978-0060084271
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guide to avoiding the doctors office, March 24, 2005

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This review is from: The Holistic Pediatrician (Second Edition): A Pediatrician's Comprehensive Guide to Safe and Effective Therapies for the 25 Most Common Ailments of Infants, Children, and Adolescents (Paperback)

I got the first edition of this book nearly 5 years ago when my first born was an infant. It has been incredibly useful for avoiding the doctor - who usually can't really help anyway, or wants to prescribe antibiotics too frequently. Children often run the risk of getting something even worse than what they have by a visit to the doctor's office. This book is a guide for what to do with certain situations. It helped me to make my children more comfortable while a virus ran its course. This book gave me confidence to know that I was doing that best thing for my kids and gave guidelines for when to go to the doctor.

I have two kids - 5 and 2 - who have NEVER had the need to take antibiotics. I give this book a lot of credit for the my healthy kids.

44 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lacks balance, January 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Holistic Pediatrician (Second Edition): A Pediatrician's Comprehensive Guide to Safe and Effective Therapies for the 25 Most Common Ailments of Infants, Children, and Adolescents (Paperback)

The heading states that this book is a comprehensive guide for safe and effective therapies for childhood illnesses, though it is seriously lacking. Kemper has no experience with homeopathy so she just gives us the usual "it doesn't work" jibe.
Does she even know that Homeopathy successfully cured thousands in epidemics of the past? Did she even do research on the studies that she quotes in this book? Most studies done on homeopathic remedies by the allopathic community are seriously flawed - no homeopath even in attendance.
Then she goes on to validate the use of antibiotics for just about everything, does she not know that antibiotics have been seriously over prescribed for decades and that this is why we are seeing resistant bacterial diseases?
It's easy to see where she is coming from.
I recommend doing a full check on the author before buying any book on childrens health.

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best ever, October 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Holistic Pediatrician (Second Edition): A Pediatrician's Comprehensive Guide to Safe and Effective Therapies for the 25 Most Common Ailments of Infants, Children, and Adolescents (Paperback)

I thought the first edition was terrific. But the newest one is even better. This books contains BOTH mainstream and complementary therapies -- all the latest studies. It's easy to read, and yet my pediatrician said SHE learned new facts from it. MUST HAVE on any parent's bookshelf.