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By Caryle Hirshberg, Marc Barasch, Claude-Christine Farny. 1996
By Roland Gori, Marie-José Del Volgo. 2005
Comment peut-on être malade aujourd'hui dans une médecine qui transforme le patient en consommateur, sans souci authentique pour sa souffrance…
psychique ? L'oubli du malade dans la médecine contemporaine semble être le prix à payer pour des soins toujours plus rationnels et scientifiques. L'exploration du corps humain, le diagnostic précoce des maladies, l'acharnement à les combattre par des traitements douloureux et invasifs, exproprient "pour son bien" le patient de son corps. Comment concilier les exigences de la médecine scientifique et sa nécessaire vocation "thérapeutique", c'est-à-dire humaniste? 2005.By Rick Archbold, Carolyn Bennett. 2000
Dr. Bennett compares the health care system in Canada with other countries and analyzes where the money is being spent…
or misspent. She offers a plan for creating a new health care team that will bring together doctors and patients more productively, reduce overlapping and waste, and move health care technologically into the twenty-first century. She also suggests ways to choose a good family doctor and to become a health care advocate. 2000.By Jill Rubalcaba, Eric H Cline, Sarah S Brannen. 2011
After retelling a legend of the Trojan War based on Homer's Iliad the authors profile the archaeologists who have sought…
to excavate the remains of the city of Troy, beginning with amateur Heinrich Schliemann. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Some descriptions of violence. c2011.By Michael T Murray, Joseph E Pizzorno. 1991
Two naturopathic doctors describe "natural medicine" that includes therapy areas of nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, physical medicine; and…
counseling and lifestyle modification. They discuss how combinations of these therapies are used for more than sixty specific health problems including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and rheumatoid arthritis. 1991.By David Morley. 2008
General information about the organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders. Also includes journal entries giving personal and detailed accounts of…
the group's work, including efforts to recover victims of an El Salvador earthquake, medical care in war-torn Congo, and treatment of the AIDS epidemic in Zambia. An introduction to a dedicated organization that gives people who live in forgotten places evidence that someone actually cares. For grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007.By Fredric G Saibil. 2003
The author, a renowned expert on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), describes the normal gastrointestinal system, explains what goes wrong in…
someone with IBD. He also provides travel tips and other useful self-help strategies for living with IBD. He explains the possible complications of the disease, and the special problems of children with IBD. 2003.By Tim Wendel, Martin Brecher. 2018
When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was less than 10 percent. Today,…
it is 90 percent. Tim Wendel soon discovered that many of the doctors at the forefront of this effort cared for his brother at Roswell Park in Buffalo, New York. Wendel went in search of this extraordinary group, interviewing Lucius Sinks, James Holland, Donald Pinkel, and others. Part family memoir and part medical narrative, this book explores how the Wendel family found the courage to move ahead with their lives. 2018.By Andrew Weil, Michael Backes, Jack D McCue. 2017
Written by Michael Backes, a respected expert in the field, this book describes the history of medical marijuana and provides…
an explanation of how cannabis works with the body's own endocannabinoid system. Backes goes on to explore in detail twenty-seven of the most popular cannabis varieties, how to identify them, the differences between them, and the medical conditions for which patients have reported effectiveness. 2017.By John K Young. 2008
In this course, Howard University professor John K. Young looks at how the human body is constructed and how it…
can malfunction if not properly maintained. These lectures address not only the basic anatomical bones and organs that constitute the human form, but also the role each plays in the synchronized effort to keep us alive. 2008.When Cremo's book "Forbidden Archaeology" was published in 1993, the scientific world was shocked by its extensive evidence for extreme…
human antiquity - pushing the origin of the human race back tens of millions of years. "Forbidden Archeology's Impact" documents the explosive reactions to his controversial book. 1998.By Matthew S DeVane. 2006
An owner's manual for the heart for anyone who has been diagnosed with heart disease or who wants to prevent…
it. Explores the warning signs of a heart attack; the "Big Five" killers: hypertension, diabetes, smoking, obesity, and a sedentary lifestyle; and stress tests. Also explains how to determine your personal risk factors, 101 things you can do to prevent a heart attack, and nutrition, dieting, heart-healthy superfoods, and supplements. c2006.By Fred Rogers. 1988
By Charles R Pellegrino. 2004
Weaving together accounts of ancient authorities with research by forensic archaeologists, Pellegrino captures the final hours of Pompeii and Herculaneum.…
In the flash-fossilized remains of victims, he sees reminders of the abiding human hope to understand a brutal universe. Those hopes live both in the science Pellegrino uses to interpret historic volcanic explosions as the distant consequence of the Big Bang, and in the startling connections he makes between the two cities buried by Vesuvius in 79 CE and the Twin Towers destroyed by terrorists in 2001. 2004.By Diane Stein. 1995
This presentation includes the history of Reiki, hand positions, giving treatments, and the initiations. While no book can replace directly…
received Reiki attunements, this book provides everything else that the practitioner and teacher of this system needs, including all three degrees of Reiki, most of it in print for the first time. 1995.By Terrence James Sullivan, Patricia M Baranek. 2002
By Lisa Belkin. 1993
By E. C Krupp. 1983
By M. Scott Peck. 1997
Explores the social, medical, and ethical dimensions of euthanasia. At the heart of the issue, the author contends, is the…
spiritual question of whether the human soul exists. Opposes a public policy of allowing "euthanasia on demand" while arguing for more humane handling of physical and emotional pain. 1997.By Shelley Tanaka. 1996
In 1991, two hikers discovered the remains of a Stone Age Man over 5,000 years old in the Alps. Be…
transported back to the Iceman's ancient world - find out who he was, how he lived, and how he died on a mountain ridge. Grades 3-6. 1996.