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Healing, Hype or Harm?

Author : Edzard Ernst
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845407113
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Healing, Hype or Harm? written by Edzard Ernst and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scientists, academics and practitioners writing this book are not 'against' complementary or alternative medicine (CAM), but they are very much 'for' evidence-based medicine and single standards. They aim to counter-balance the many uncritical books on CAM and to stimulate intelligent, well-informed public debate. TOPICS INCLUDE: What is CAM? Why is it so popular? Patient choice; Reclaiming compassion; Teaching CAM at university; Research on CAM; CAM in court; Ethics and CAM; Politics and CAM; Homeopathy in context; Concepts of holism in medicine; Placebo, deceit and CAM; Healing but not curing; CAM and the media.

Healing, Hype or Harm?

Author : Edzard Ernst
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845407121
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Healing, Hype or Harm? written by Edzard Ernst and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scientists, academics and practitioners writing this book are not 'against' complementary or alternative medicine (CAM), but they are very much 'for' evidence-based medicine and single standards. They aim to counter-balance the many uncritical books on CAM and to stimulate intelligent, well-informed public debate. TOPICS INCLUDE: What is CAM? Why is it so popular? Patient choice; Reclaiming compassion; Teaching CAM at university; Research on CAM; CAM in court; Ethics and CAM; Politics and CAM; Homeopathy in context; Concepts of holism in medicine; Placebo, deceit and CAM; Healing but not curing; CAM and the media.

Diagnosis

Author : Pat Croskerry
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 135165019X
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Diagnosis written by Pat Croskerry and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite diagnosis being the key feature of a physician's clinical performance, this is the first book that deals specifically with the topic. In recent years, however, considerable interest has been shown in this area and significant developments have occurred in two main areas: a) an awareness and increasing understanding of the critical role of clinical decision making in the process of diagnosis, and of the multiple factors that impact it, and b) a similar appreciation of the role of the healthcare system in supporting clinicians in their efforts to make accurate diagnoses. Although medicine has seen major gains in knowledge and technology over the last few decades, there is a consensus that the diagnostic failure rate remains in the order of 10-15%. This book provides an overview of the major issues in this area, in particular focusing on where the diagnostic process fails, and where improvements might be made.

Vibrational Energy Medicine

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Publisher : PediaPress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vibrational Energy Medicine written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cure for Everything

Author : Timothy Caulfield
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807022071
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Cure for Everything written by Timothy Caulfield and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold look at how commercial agendas distort the real science behind health and fitness studies and misinform the public about how to live a healthy life. Researcher Timothy Caulfield talks with experts in medicine, pharmaceuticals, health and fitness, and even tries out many of the health fads himself, in order to test their scientific validity, dispel the myths, and illuminate the path to better health.

Vegetarian Times

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vegetarian Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Future of Metaphysical Religion in America

Author : Mark Silk
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030799034
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Metaphysical Religion in America written by Mark Silk and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the present, dynamic state of metaphysical religion in America. It includes chapters that: put survey data on this growing group in context; clarify definitional issues in the study of spirituality in general and metaphysical spirituality in particular; and assess the networks, conferences, rituals, festivals, retreat centers and periodicals recently developed by metaphysicals. The contributors discuss characteristic practices of mental healing and meditation, and show the reach of metaphysical ideas into public spaces and popular media cultures. One particular chapter also addresses the growing controversy over the legitimacy of metaphysical individuals and movements that appropriate elements of Native American and Asian religious beliefs and practices to enrich or sustain their own practice. This rich collection appeals to students, researchers, professionals and the layperson interested in knowing more about the history and more importantly the direction that American metaphysical religion is taking.

50 Popular Beliefs that People Think are True

Author : Guy P. Harrison
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616144955
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book 50 Popular Beliefs that People Think are True written by Guy P. Harrison and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What would it take to create a world in which fantasy is not confused for fact and public policy is based on objective reality?" asksNeil deGrasse Tyson, science popularizer and author ofAstrophysics for People in a Hurry."I don't know for sure. Buta good place to start would be for everyone on earth to read this book." Maybe you know someone who swears by the reliability of psychics or who is in regular contact with angels. Or perhaps you're trying to find a nice way of dissuading someone from wasting money on a homeopathy cure. Or you met someone at a party who insisted the Holocaust never happened or that no one ever walked on the moon. How do you find a gently persuasive way of steering people away from unfounded beliefs, bogus cures, conspiracy theories, and the like?This down-to-earth, entertaining exploration of commonly held extraordinary claims will help you set the record straight. The author, a veteran journalist, has not only surveyed a vast body of literature, but has also interviewed leading scientists, explored "the most haunted house in America," frolicked in the inviting waters of the Bermuda Triangle, and even talked to a "contrite Roswell alien." He is not out simply to debunk unfounded beliefs. Wherever possible, he presents alternative scientific explanations, which in most cases are even more fascinating than the wildest speculation. For example, stories about UFOs and alien abductions lack good evidence, but science gives us plenty of reasons to keep exploring outer space for evidence that life exists elsewhere in the vast universe. The proof for Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster may be nonexistent, but scientists are regularly discovering new species, some of which are truly stranger than fiction.Stressing the excitement of scientific discovery and the legitimate mysteries and wonder inherent in reality, this book invites readers to share the joys of rational thinking and the skeptical approach to evaluating our extraordinary world.

Denialism

Author : Michael Specter
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101151021
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Denialism written by Michael Specter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative and headline-making book, Michael Specter confronts the widespread fear of science and its terrible toll on individuals and the planet. In Denialism, New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter reveals that Americans have come to mistrust institutions and especially the institution of science more today than ever before. For centuries, the general view had been that science is neither good nor bad—that it merely supplies information and that new information is always beneficial. Now, science is viewed as a political constituency that isn’t always in our best interest. We live in a world where the leaders of African nations prefer to let their citizens starve to death rather than import genetically modified grains. Childhood vaccines have proven to be the most effective public health measure in history, yet people march on Washington to protest their use. In the United States a growing series of studies show that dietary supplements and “natural” cures have almost no value, and often cause harm. We still spend billions of dollars on them. In hundreds of the best universities in the world, laboratories are anonymous, unmarked, and surrounded by platoons of security guards—such is the opposition to any research that includes experiments with animals. And pharmaceutical companies that just forty years ago were perhaps the most visible symbol of our remarkable advance against disease have increasingly been seen as callous corporations propelled solely by avarice and greed. As Michael Specter sees it, this amounts to a war against progress. The issues may be complex but the choices are not: Are we going to continue to embrace new technologies, along with acknowledging their limitations and threats, or are we ready to slink back into an era of magical thinking? In Denialism, Specter makes an argument for a new Enlightenment, the revival of an approach to the physical world that was stunningly effective for hundreds of years: What can be understood and reliably repeated by experiment is what nature regarded as true. Now, at the time of mankind’s greatest scientific advances—and our greatest need for them—that deal must be renewed.

Understanding Controversial Therapies for Children with Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Other Learning Disabilities

Author : Lisa A. Kurtz
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781846427619
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Controversial Therapies for Children with Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Other Learning Disabilities written by Lisa A. Kurtz and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2008-02-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a balanced overview of complementary and alternative therapies, this book will be useful for parents of children with autism, ADD or other learning disabilities. The book covers a wide variety of mind-body interventions and manipulative techniques, as well as energy therapies, biologically based methods, and alternative medical systems. For each approach, the author provides a detailed description of what the treatment involves, which professionals will be working with the child, and an explanation of the rationale behind the therapy. She also offers advice on who to approach for treatment, and includes a list of recommended resources and useful contacts for further information. This book will be a valuable source of information for parents and professionals working with children who have disabilities that impact their learning or behavior.

The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health

Author : Dorothea Lüddeckens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000464326
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health written by Dorothea Lüddeckens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationships between religion, spirituality, health, biomedical institutions, complementary, and alternative healing systems are widely discussed today. While many of these debates revolve around the biomedical legitimacy of religious modes of healing, the market for them continues to grow. The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty-five chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into five parts: Healing practices with religious roots and frames Religious actors in and around the medical field Organizing infrastructures of religion and medicine: pluralism and competition Boundary-making between religion and medicine Religion and epidemics Within these sections, central issues, debates and problems are examined, including health and healing, religiosity, spirituality, biomedicine, medicalization, complementary medicine, medical therapy, efficacy, agency, and the nexus of body, mind, and spirit. The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies. The Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as sociology, anthropology, and medicine.

Healing the Hurt Within 3rd Edition

Author : Jan Sutton
Publisher : How To Books
ISBN 13 : 1848032307
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Healing the Hurt Within 3rd Edition written by Jan Sutton and published by How To Books. This book was released on 2007-11-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skillfully woven together with empathic insight into the lives and minds of those who self-injure, "Healing the Hurt Within" is replete with the latest developments in the field, informative statistical data, instructive diagrams, carefully selected resources, case studies, expert testimonies, and practical self-help activities. The author's warmth, compassion, and regard for those caught in the cycle of self-injury shines through the pages of this profoundly enlightening and extensively updated 3rd edition. "Healing the Hurt Within" offers: solace, hope, and direction to those who self-injure; guidance to family and friends supporting a loved one who self-injures; and, guidelines to professionals and voluntary caregivers on how to respond to clients that self-injure.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine

Author : Miriam Solomon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 131751985X
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine written by Miriam Solomon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine is a comprehensive guide to topics in the fields of epistemology and metaphysics of medicine. It examines traditional topics such as the concept of disease, causality in medicine, the epistemology of the randomized controlled trial, the biopsychosocial model, explanation, clinical judgment and phenomenology of medicine and emerging topics, such as philosophy of epidemiology, measuring harms, the concept of disability, nursing perspectives, race and gender, the metaphysics of Chinese medicine, and narrative medicine. Each of the 48 chapters is written especially for this volume and with a student audience in mind. For pedagogy and clarity, each chapter contains an extended example illustrating the ideas discussed. This text is intended for use as a reference for students in courses in philosophy of medicine and philosophy of science, and pairs well with The Routledge Companion to Bioethics for use in medical humanities and social science courses.

Health and Wellness

Author : Gordon Edlin
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1449636470
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book Health and Wellness written by Gordon Edlin and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Testing Treatments

Author : Imogen Evans
Publisher : Pinter & Martin Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1905177488
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Testing Treatments written by Imogen Evans and published by Pinter & Martin Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides a thought-provoking account of how medical treatments can be tested with unbiased or 'fair' trials and explains how patients can work with doctors to achieve this vital goal. It spans the gamut of therapy from mastectomy to thalidomide and explores a vast range of case studies.

The Meaning Management Challenge: Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1848880235
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning Management Challenge: Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this collection, representing the multidisciplinary character of the conference, provide a careful exposition on health, illness, and disease from disciplines that are sometimes neglected or dismissed by so-called pure science or medical research.

When Doctors Kill

Author : Joshua A. Perper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441913718
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book When Doctors Kill written by Joshua A. Perper and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It would come as no surprise that many readers may be shocked and intrigued by the title of our book. Some (especially our medical colleagues) may wonder why it is even worthwhile to raise the issue of killing by doctors. Killing is clearly an- thetical to the Art and Science of Medicine, which is geared toward easing pain and suffering and to saving lives rather than smothering them. Doctors should be a source of comfort rather than a cause for alarm. Nevertheless, although they often don’t want to admit it, doctors are people too. Physicians have the same genetic library of both endearing qualities and character defects as the rest of us but their vocation places them in a position to intimately interject themselves into the lives of other people. In most cases, fortunately, the positive traits are dominant and doctors do more good than harm. While physicists and mathematicians paved the road to the stars and deciphered the mysteries of the atom, they simultaneously unleashed destructive powers that may one day bring about the annihilation of our planet. Concurrently, doctors and allied scientists have delved into the deep secrets of the body and mind, mastering the anatomy and physiology of the human body, even mapping the very molecules that make us who we are. But make no mistake, a person is not simply an elegant b- logical machine to be marveled at then dissected.