Publisher's Synopsis
This authoritative dictionary contains 6,000 complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine terms, designed to be a definitive resource for all key terms related to complementary and alternative medicine. Concise, user-friendly, and easy-to-understand definitions are accessible to all readers, regardless of previous knowledge of the field. This resource offers the most broad-ranging coverage of CAM terms from popular therapies to the more obscure, lesser-known, or controversial topics. Its up-to-date approach clarifies the meaning of archaic terms for modern practice and defines ambiguous concepts clearly and precisely.