American Cancer Society's Guide to Complementary and Alternative Cancer Methods

Helps patients and families evaluate claims for cancer cures or treatments found on the Internet and in the popular press. Entries on specific methods offer review and evaluation of each method, its history, evidence for its claims, and possible complications or dangers. Entries are organized in sections on mind, body, and spirit methods; manual healing and physical touch methods; herb, vitamin, and mineral methods; diet and nutrition; and pharmacological and biological treatment methods. Overview chapters discuss safety and regulatory issues and insurance coverage, and give guidelines for using complementary and alternative methods.Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

שנה

2000

שפה

English

הוצאה

American Cancer Society

מהדורות

2

עמודים

438

ISBN

9780944235294

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