| Description |
xxvi, 595 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
High tech/high touch: healing envirnoment in blended medicine at North Hawaii community hospital -- Integrating complementary/alternative medicine into your cardiac program -- Legal and ethical issues in integrative cardiology -- Academic integrative medical centers of excellence -- Approaches to clinical trials of complementary and alternative medicine -- Bioenergetic techniques -- Acupuncture -- Herbal and dietary supplements in cardiovascular care: efficacy and incorporation into practice -- The modified Mediterranean diet -- Guided imagery in integrative cardiology -- The role of stress and various modalities for dealing with stress and prevention -- Noetic therapy, spirituality and prayer -- Tai Chi and Qi Gong for heart health -- An ayurvedic approach to cardiovascular disease -- Applications of music therapy in the continuum of care for the cardiac patient -- Naturopathic medicine -- Homeopathy -- Psychological risk factors and pathophysiological pathways involved in coronary artery disease: relevance to complementary medicine interventions -- Integrative cardiology: mechanisms of cardiovascular action of acupuncture -- The emotional basis of coronary heart disease -- Nontraditional approaches to lipoprotein metabolism manipulation -- Herbs for menopause and cardiovascular disease -- Obesity and weight loss: an overview of diet, drugs and dietary supplements -- Complementary and alternative medicine and cardiac surgery -- Chronic heart failure: an integrative approach to alternative and complementary therapies -- Management of common problems in cardiovascular care, sudden death and arrhythmias -- Aging: the environment reflects humanity -- End-of-life care: hospice for the heart -- Presence, healing and healers: an introduction to mindfulness, meditation, and its relevance to stress reduction and health for patients, physicians and health-care professionals |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cardiology.
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Integrative medicine.
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Heart -- Diseases -- Alternative treatment.
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Cardiovascular Diseases -- therapy.
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Complementary Therapies -- methods.
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| Author |
Vogel, John H. K., 1932-
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Krucoff, Mitchell.
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| LC no. |
2006046970 |
| ISBN |
9780071443371 |
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0071443371 |
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