Integrative Women's Health

Buch | Hardcover

576 Seiten

2010
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-537881-8 (ISBN)

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Careful attention is given to the art of medicine; clinical pearls include language that helps motivate patients, questions that enhance a health history, and the spiritual dimensions of care. Thus, unlike many primers on women's health that emphasize either an alternative or a conventional approach - this text is truly integrative.

As the largest group of healthcare consumers, women demand a broader, more integrative approach to their care, and this title meets that demand. While other books aimed at general audiences are commonplace, this is the first in-depth, wide-reaching reference on integrative women's health, written for both health-care professionals and general audiences. Not only does this title help providers address women's reproductive health, but it also explores conditions that manifest themselves differently in women than in men, such as, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, HIV, depression, and cancer. The book presents the best evidence-in a clinically relevant manner-for the safe and effective use of herbs, vitamins, diet, and mind-body strategies not usually taught in mainstream medicine, as well as conventional medical treatments. Dr. Maizes is Executive Director of Andrew Weil's program and Dr. Low Dog is Director of Education and an internationally recognized authority of women's health and herbal medicine.
The book offers a critical appraisal of integrative approaches in women's health, including candid discussions of what is known versus not known, and it provides insight on how to advise patients with controversial issues such as sexual disfunction and loss of libido. In managing the patient, alternative therapies are never seen as substitutes for mainstream medical care but always 'integrated' into the overall regimen. Drs. Maizes and Low Dog present the information in an easy-to-read, two-color format featuring clinical pearls and key points.

Victoria Maizes, MD, is an Associate Professor and the Internal Medicine Executive Director at the Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona. Tieraona Low Dog, MD, is an Assistant Professor and the Internal Medicine Director of Education, at the Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona.

Part I. Lifestyle

1) Philosophy of Integrative Women's Health - Tieraona Low Dog and Victoria Maizes
2) Nutrition - Wendy Kohatsu
3) Dietary supplements - Mary Hardy
4) Physical activity - Patricia Lebensohn
5) Mind-Body practices - Rita Benn
6) Women, Soul Wounds and Integrative Medicine - Beverly Lanzetta

Part II. Systems and Modalities
7) Traditional Chinese Medicine - Leslie McGee
8) Ayurveda - Prema Patel
9) Energy Medicine - Ann Marie Chiasson
10) Homeopathy - Pam Pappas and Iris Bell
11) Manual medicine - Cheryl Hawk and Raheleh Khorsan

Part III. Reproductive Health
12) Premenstrual Syndrome - Daphne Miller
13) Vaginitis - Priscilla Abercrombie
14) Pregnancy and Lactation - Jacqueline Paytel
15) Perinatal depression - Marlene Freeman
16) The role of stress in infertility - Beate Ditzen, Tammy Louckes, Sarah Berga
17) Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Bridget Bongaard
18) Endometriosis - MargEva Morris Cole
19) Chronic Pelvic Pain - Bettina Herbert
20) Uterine Fibroids - Jo Perron
21) Cervical cancer - Lise Alschuler
22) Breast cancer - Susan Love and Dixie Mills
23) Menopause - Tori Hudson
24) Sexuality - Lana Holstein

Part IV. Common Illnesses in Women
25) Urinary Tract Infections - Priscilla Abercrombie
26) Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Cynthia Robertson
27) Headaches - Kelly McCann
28) Fibromyalgia - Chronic fatigue Melinda Ring
29) Rheumatoid arthritis - Nisha Manek
30) Multiple Sclerosis - Patty Ammon
31) HIV - Karen Konkel
32) Anxiety - Robbie Lee
33) Depression - Naomi Lam and Sudha Prathikanti
34) Eating disorders - Carolyn Ross
35) Cardiovascular health - Vivian Kominos
36) Osteoporosis - Louise Gagne
37) Aging - Birgit Rakel and Elizabeth R. Mackenzie
38) Women's Health: An Epilogue - Tieraona Low Dog and Victoria Maizes

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.3.2010
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	1152 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10	0-19-537881-4 / 0195378814
ISBN-13	978-0-19-537881-8 / 9780195378818
Zustand	Neuware