Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health: A Multicultural Perspective

A cross–cultural scientific examination of common complementary, alternative, and integrative health practices Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health: A Multicultural Perspective provides a critical analysis of non–allopathic healing practices, including their uses, limitations, and scientific basis. The evidence–based discussion explores complementary, alternative, and integrative health (CAIH) across various cultural and ethnic groups both in the U.S. and internationally, to give you a greater understanding of the different modalities including a literature–backed examination of proven methods and questionable practices within a cross–cultural framework. Each chapter highlights the scientific analysis of the practices relevant to each group, and guides you toward independent analysis of the risks and benefits of the practices discussed. Emphasizing the student as a future health professional, this book includes case studies, examples, questions, and discussion problems that underscore the role of health educators in educating consumers about CAIH practices. . This book provides a solid background in CAIH for the health professional, through rigorous scientific investigation and a multicultural perspective and. helps medical professionals understand the risks, benefits, and evidence behind these practices so they can provide the best in patient care. Readers will: Understand the concepts underlying complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine Compare the use of alternative healing among various cultural and ethnic groups Delve into the scientific bases of the most commonly–used modalities Explore CAIH within the context of the Affordable Care Act INDICE: Preface vii .Acknowledgments xiii .About the Editors xv .About the Contributors xvii .Chapter 1 Exploring Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health: Overview, Limits, and Controversies 1Cyndi Guerra, Cheryl Hickey, and Helda Pinzón–Pérez .Chapter 2 Mind–Body Medicine 29Catherine L. Zeman .Chapter 3 Natural Complementary and Alternative Medicine Modalities 57Cheryl Hickey and Cyndi Guerra .Chapter 4 Manipulative and Body–Based Practices 83Kathleen Rindahl, Helda Pinzón–Pérez, and Georgina Castle .Chapter 5 Ayurveda and Other Complementary Health Approaches 121Peter Garcia and Monika Joshi .Chapter 6 The Role of Spirituality in Healing 145Dominick L. Sturz .Chapter 7 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among American Indians and Alaska Natives 177Vickie D. Krenz and Amber Huhndorf .Chapter 8 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among Hispanics/Latinos 207Raffy R. Luquis and Joel Arboleda Castillo .Chapter 9 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among African Americans 235Pierre E. Wright and Steven B. Owens .Chapter 10 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders 259Liliana Rojas–Guyler and Mariamma K. Mathai .Chapter 11 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among Caucasian/European Americans 283Kara N. Zografos .Chapter 12 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among West Asian American Communities 305Gina Marie Piane and Brandon M. Eggleston .Chapter 13 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health: Beyond the Paradigm of CAM 323Helda Pinzón–Pérez, Miguel A. Pérez, and Raffy R. Luquis .Index 351

• ISBN: 978-1-118-88033-3
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 19/08/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés