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What are we to make of treatments like acupuncture, Bach flower remedies, craniosacral therapy, homoeopathy, reflexology, Reiki, yoga? Building on 1995's 'Alternative Medicine - Helpful or Harmful?', consultant physician Robina Coker takes a completely fresh look at the phenomenon of complementary and alternative medicine. While the popularity of CAM therapies challenges the excesses and omissions of orthodox medicine, we need to take a balanced view. From a Christian perspective this thought-provoking book explores the background to CAM, explains evaluation, examines the evidence, and so provides a framework from which to make healthy choices in healthcare.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. What is CAM?; 2. A historical perspective; 3. Why CAM?; 4. CAM: some challenges; 5. Fact or fiction?; 6. A Christian response; 7. The essential A-Z guide; 8. Assessing CAM therapies; Appendix; Index

About the Author :
Robina Coker is now Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at the Hammersmith Hospital. She chairs the British Thoracic Society Air Travel Working Party, teaches lmperial College London medical undergraduates, and is an MB BS examiner. In 1995 she published 'Alternative Medicine - Helpful or Harmful?' with Monarch and Christian Medical Fellowship, and this 2008 book for CMF completely updates that.

Review :
In a climate where alternative medicine has become increasingly popular, Dr Coker's substantially revised version of her 1995 book seeks to explain the range of therapies that now exist and to suggest ways to handle patients and relatives who may request advice on such issues. A good overview analyses the different practices critically, both from medical and Christian perspectives, and the level makes it extremely accessible to non-medics. There are discussion points at the end of each chapter that could be used in small groups (work- or church-based) and an invaluable A-Z chapter which outlines the basic principles of a number of available therapies - very useful when a patient asks your opinion on a therapy you have never even heard of! A variety of case studies is included, which help us as doctors to consider how we would respond to different scenarios. The book is a very flexible and useful resource, especially for those in general practice, providing practical information and also helping us to think through some of the issues before being confronted with them in surgery. It could easily be shared with interested patients and church members. Abi Crutchlow, Triple Helix, Winter 2008.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780906747384
  • Publisher: Christian Medical Fellowship
  • Publisher Imprint: Christian Medical Fellowship
  • Height: 214 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0906747384
  • Publisher Date: /03/2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Sub Title: Should Christians be Involved?


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