COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES FOR NURSING PRACTICE
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F o u r t h E d i t i o n
Karen Lee Fontaine Professor, College of Nursing, Purdue University Calumet,
Hammond, Indiana
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to Peggy Gerard, Dean, and Kathy Nix, Undergraduate Coordinator, College of Nursing,
Purdue University Calumet for all their support and enthusiasm as complementary and alternative medicine
was integrated into the curriculum.
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CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Reviewers xiv
UNIT 1 Healing Practices: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Nurses 1
Chapter 1 Integrative Healing 3
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts Guiding Alternative Therapies 19
Chapter 3 The Role of Evidence-Based Health Care in Complementary and Alternative Therapies 37
UNIT 2 Systematized Health Care Practices 47 Chapter 4 Traditional Chinese Medicine 49
Chapter 5 Ayurvedic Medicine 70
Chapter 6 Native American Healing and Curanderismo 90