Integrative Oncology

More and more people living with and beyond cancer seek integrative interventions to complement their conventional cancer care. This second edition of the highly successful Integrative Oncology provides the reader with the most updated information available with new chapters on Music and Expressive Arts Therapies, Naturopathic Oncology, and an integrative approach to Lung Cancer. Integrative medicine is defined as healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person (body, mind, and spirit) as well as all aspects of lifestyle; it emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and makes use of appropriate therapies, both conventional and alternative. This series grows out of a need to organize and make accessible to clinicians the basic principles of integrative medicine in practical application to common health conditions. Each volume focuses on a particular specialty and features well-recognized and authoritative editors and chapter authors. The text is presented in an easy-to-read format featuring case histories, clinical pearls, and useful tables, with all key information highlighted. Series editor Andrew Weil, MD, is Professor and Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Dr. Weil's program was the first such academic program in the U.S., and its stated goal is "to combine the best ideas and practices of conventional and alternative medicine into cost effective treatments without embracing alternative practices uncritically."

Author: Donald I. Abrams
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/03/2014
Pages: 848
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.20w x 1.70d
ISBN13: 9780199329724
ISBN10: 0199329729
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Oncology | General

About the Author

Donald I. Abrams
Chief, Hematology-Oncology, San Francisco General Hospital
Integrative Oncology, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California San Francisco

Andrew Weil
Lovell-Jones Professor of Integrative Rheumatology
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Professor of Public Health
Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine,
University of Arizona

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