"Alternative" healthcare : a comprehensive guide : natural medicine, "hands-on" healing, spiritualis...
"Alternative" healthcare : a comprehensive guide : natural medicine, "hands-on" healing, spiritualis...
"Alternative" healthcare : a comprehensive guide : natural medicine, "hands-on" healing, spiritualism, occultism, and much more / Jack Raso ; edited by Stephen Barrett.
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Publisher
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1994.
Date
1994.
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N616.8522/13
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Spirits in the Material World. 1. Mystical Healing: My Odyssey Continues. 2. Pillars of Unreason. 3. Carnival of Souls. 4. Adventures with "Chi": Much Hype, Little Evidence -- Pt. II. "Spiritual Healing" 5. Hindu "Healing": Yoga and Ayurveda. 6. Macrobiotics. 7. The Edgar Cayce Tradition -- P...
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Publisher
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1994.
Analytical title
"Alternative" health care.
Series
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1994.
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Summary
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...
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"Alternative" healthcare : a comprehensive guide : natural medicine, "hands-on" healing, spiritualism, occultism, and much more / Jack Raso ; edited by Stephen Barrett.
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"Alternative" health care.
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Consumer health library.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.
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N616.8522/13
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74VKR6klMPoX
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ISBN
0879758910 (cloth : acid-free paper) :
9780879758912 (cloth : acid-free paper) :
DDC
616.8522
MMS ID
991023066439702626
