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- catalog abstract ""This important book addresses the vast array of treatments and philosophies that postulate supernatural phenomena as the key to health and disease. Jack Raso combines his own personal experience with "alternative" healthcare, in-depth research on the wide variety of methodologies, and an educational background in health science and nutrition to simplify the often confusing field of "alternative" healing techniques. Raso begins with an account of his own personal odyssey from believer to skeptic, demonstrating how easily a person raised in a devoutly religious tradition accepts supernatural explanations and mystical approaches to physical ailments." "Raso examines the philosophic underpinnings of "alternative" medicine as well as such techniques as hands-on healing, Qigong, and faith healing. He shows that, whatever the specific philosophy, the common denominator is a rejection of the scientific approach of modern medicine in favor of a belief in paranormal forces that influence the well-being of mind and body. The final section is a firsthand account of Raso's many revealing visits to various "alternative" medical practitioners. The book concludes with an encyclopedic glossary of "alternative" healthcare terminology that explains to the uninitiated the formidable jargon so often used by proponents of "alternative" treatments."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative ""Alternative" health care.".
- catalog contributor b6157592.
- catalog contributor b6157593.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description ""This important book addresses the vast array of treatments and philosophies that postulate supernatural phenomena as the key to health and disease. Jack Raso combines his own personal experience with "alternative" healthcare, in-depth research on the wide variety of methodologies, and an educational background in health science and nutrition to simplify the often confusing field of "alternative" healing techniques. Raso begins with an account of his own personal odyssey from believer to skeptic, demonstrating how easily a person raised in a devoutly religious tradition accepts supernatural explanations and mystical approaches to physical ailments." "Raso examines the philosophic underpinnings of "alternative" medicine as well as such techniques as hands-on healing, Qigong, and faith healing. He shows that, whatever the specific philosophy, the common denominator is a rejection of the scientific approach of modern medicine in favor of a belief in paranormal forces that influence the well-being of mind and body. The final section is a firsthand account of Raso's many revealing visits to various "alternative" medical practitioners. The book concludes with an encyclopedic glossary of "alternative" healthcare terminology that explains to the uninitiated the formidable jargon so often used by proponents of "alternative" treatments."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 267 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0879758910 (cloth : acid-free paper) :".
- catalog isPartOf "Consumer health library".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,".
- catalog subject "1994 F-083".
- catalog subject "616.85/22 20".
- catalog subject "Alternative medicine.".
- catalog subject "Complementary Therapies.".
- catalog subject "R733 .R37 1994".
- catalog subject "WB 890 R225a 1994".
- catalog title ""Alternative" health care.".
- catalog title ""Alternative" healthcare : a comprehensive guide : natural medicine, "hands-on" healing, spiritualism, occultism, and much more / Jack Raso ; edited by Stephen Barrett.".
- catalog type "text".