The nurses' handbook of complementary therapies /

The second edition of this invaluable handbook has been thoroughly updated, revised and expanded with an entirely new and unique section on therapeutic approaches to provide a comprehensive guide to complementary therapies. It gives immediate access to concise, expert coverage of the material. Writt...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rankin-Box, Denise F
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh ; New York : Baillière Tindall, in association with the Royal College of Nursing, 2001
Edinburgh ; New York : Baillière Tindall, c2001
Edinburgh : 2001
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing complementary therapies in the workplace. Choosing a therapy
  • Managing change in the workplace
  • Policy development
  • Clinical supervision
  • Research issues - Ethical and legal issues
  • Integration models: implications for nursing practice
  • Complementary therapies and nursing models. Approaches to healing. Sacred space
  • Shamanism
  • Developing health care environments
  • Geopathic stress
  • Spiritual healing research. Therapies. Acupuncture
  • Aromatherapy
  • Autogenic therapy
  • Biofeedback
  • Bach Flower remedies
  • Communication skills and counselling
  • Healing
  • Herbal medicine
  • Homeopathy
  • Humour and laughter therapy
  • Hypnosis
  • Massage
  • Music as therapy
  • Naturopathy
  • Osteopathy
  • Reflexology
  • Relaxation and visualization
  • Shiatsu
  • Therapeutic touch