Acupuncture -- Aging and old age -- Alcohol and drugs -- Alternative and complementary medicine -- Anthroposophical medicine -- Aromatherapy -- Astrological healing -- Ayurvedic medicine -- Biomedicine -- Bodywork -- Chinese medicine -- Chiropractic medicine -- Christian Science -- Culture-bound syndromes -- Death -- Diet and nutrition -- Disabilities -- Energetic or magnetic healing -- Environmental disasters -- Faith healing -- Famine -- Genital mutilation -- Healers -- Health care systems -- Herbal medicine -- Holistic health and healing -- homeopathic medicine -- Humoral medicine -- Magnet therapy -- Meditation -- Mind/body healing -- Natural healing -- Pain -- Plagues and infectious diseases -- Reflexology -- Reiki -- Suicide -- Theories of illness -- Wife beating -- Yoga
Summary
Offers information on a variety of health-related topics, from acupuncture and faith healing to reflexology and yoga, emphasizing traditional and alternative approaches
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index
