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ELSEVIER Integrating Complementary Therapies In Primary Care A Practical Guide For Health Professionals by Leon Chaitow and Gerry Harris and David Peters and Sue Morrison
This book is a practical and readable guide to the integration of complementary therapies into mainstream primary care. Based on the successful experiences of the authors' clinical setting, it offers clinicians, therapists, and other healthcare professionals a realistic routemap of the key issues, as well as practical ways in which to ensure close working, appropriate referrals, advice and treatment decisions. Patient information sheets and clinical guidance sheets for key conditions are included in full.
The text covers:Practical steps to how complementary therapies may be integrated into mainstream care
models and issues of research in complementary therapies
how to design an integrated service, with clear examples
funding, resource and legal issues
issues related to economic evaluation