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Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

[C]onsistently offers easily accessible and timely information on how complementary therapies influence the health, comfort, and well-being of patients in a variety of clinical settings. It is an influential resource for nurses in practice, education, and research.

-- Janice Post-White, PhD, RN, FAAN

Now in its sixth edition, this highly acclaimed book continues to provide nurses with cutting-edge research and practice guidelines for complementary and alternative therapy. Enriched with new chapters, contributors, live web resources with the authors' own updated information, and a new emphasis on evidence-based practice, this highly anticipated edition demonstrates how nurses can serve as an active, healing presence for their patients.

Also new to this edition is the authors' emphasis on cultural awareness. To this end, the authors incorporate new, engaging cultural applications in every chapter.

Cutting-edge therapies discussed include:

Energy and biofield: healing touch, light therapy, and reflexology Mind-body: yoga, meditation, and storytelling Manual: massage, exercise, and Tai Chi Biological-based: aromatherapy and herbal therapies

As the consumer demand for complementary therapies continues to increase, it is critical that nurses have thorough knowledge of complementary therapies in order to stay informed about research and practice guidelines, alert patients to possible contraindications with Western biomedicine, and even incorporate some of these therapies in their own self-care."

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• Contributors(p. xi)
• Foreword(p. xv)
• Preface(p. xix)
• Part I Foundations for Practice(p. 1)
• 1 Complementary/Alternative Therapies and Cultural Aspects of Care(p. 3)
• 2 Self As Healer(p. 25)
• 3 Presence(p. 35)
• 4 Therapeutic Listening(p. 47)
• Part II Mind-Body-Spirit Therapies(p. 61)
• 5 Imagery(p. 63)
• 6 Music Intervention(p. 91)
• 7 Humor(p. 107)
• 8 Yoga(p. 123)
• 9 Biofeedback(p. 135)
• 10 Meditation(p. 149)
• 11 Prayer(p. 169)
• 12 Storytelling(p. 183)
• 13 Journaling(p. 197)
• 14 Animal-Assisted Therapy(p. 207)
• Part III Energy and Biofield Therapies(p. 225)
• 15 Light Therapy(p. 227)
• 16 Magnet Therapy(p. 235)
• 17 Healing Touch(p. 249)
• 18 Reiki(p. 271)
• 19 Acupressure(p. 287)
• 20 Reflexology(p. 307)
• 21 Creating Optimal Healing Environments(p. 321)
• Part IV Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies(p. 335)
• 22 Massage(p. 337)
• 23 Exercise(p. 349)
• 24 Tai Chi(p. 373)
• 25 Relaxation Therapies(p. 383)
• Part V Biologically Based Therapies(p. 397)
• 26 Aromatherapy(p. 401)
• 27 Herbal Medicines(p. 421)
• 28 Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals(p. 439)
• Part VI Practice, Education, and Research(p. 453)
• 29 Integrating Complementary Therapies into Nursing Practice(p. 455)
• 30 Integrating Complementary Therapies into Education(p. 467)
• 31 Perspectives on Future Research(p. 485)
• Index(p. 499)

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CHOICE Review

This thoughtful, well-written book embraces complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) as an adjunct to nursing care. Part 1 includes information on the nurse (self) as a healer, and on therapeutic listening and techniques. Contributors assert that nurses must understand and embrace the concept of self as healer to be knowledgable when nursing, counseling, or referring patients. Contained within parts 2-5 are short chapters on many complementary/alternative therapies. However, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's categories (Web site is , CH, Jan'08, 45-2641), several topics are inappropriately classified (e.g., acupressure and reflexology appear in part 3, which deals with energy and biofield therapies). Each CAM chapter includes definitions, scientific basis, intervention/techniques, outcome measures, precautions, uses/conditions, and, in some cases, cultural aspects. Contributors briefly discuss cultural considerations in the administration of alternative therapies (medicines of the Hmong, Samoans, Somalis, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans). Even though the volume's goal is to introduce therapies that nurses could learn and practice, it would be more complete with chapters on chiropractic medicine, acupuncture, and whole medical systems such as Ayurvedic medicine, naturopathic medicine, homeopathy, and traditional Chinese medicine. The text contains no color and very few pictures that could enhance reader interest. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals/practitioners. L. Synovitz Southeastern Louisiana University