Dunning Complementary Therapies and the Management of Diabetes and Vascular Disease

A Matter of Balance
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-470-05742-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 420 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Diabetes in Practice Series

This book brings together important information about complementarytherapies and how they are used in diabetes care. It addresses thebenefits and risks of complementary therapies and takes anevidence-based approach. Complementary Therapies and theManagement of Diabetes and Vascular Disease: A Matter ofBalance provides health professionals with appropriateinformation about complementary therapies so they can discuss thesetherapies with their patients and help them make informed decisionsabout their diabetes care.
Managing diabetes depends on achieving life balance, not justmetabolic control. This is the first book devoted exclusively tocomplementary therapies and diabetes, and it has several keyfeatures:
* It is an informative evidence-based text that will help healthprofessionals understand complementary therapies commonly used bypeople with diabetes, their potential benefits, possible adverseevents and how these could be minimised or prevented.
* It describes clinical practice guidelines for the safecombination of complementary and conventional therapies in diabetesmanagement.
* It suggests appropriate advice to give people with diabetes andvascular disease about complementary therapies.
Written by experts in the various fields, this book makesimportant reading for all health professionals managing patientswith diabetes and associated vascular disease, including nurses,doctors, dietitians and podiatrists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dunning, Trisha

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Foreword.
List of Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
1 Introduction to Diabetes (Gary Deed and TrishDunning).
2 Complementary Therapy Use (Mohan Pawa).
3 Complementary Medicine and Safety (Lesley Braun).
4 Integrating Complementary and Conventional Therapies (TrishDunning).
5 Nutritional Therapies (Rocco Di Vincenzo).
6 Essential Oils (Aromatherapy) (Trish Dunning).
7 Counselling and Relaxation Therapies (Sue Cradock and ChasSkinner).
8 Energy Therapies (Geraldine Milton).
9 Herbal Medicines and Interactions with Conventional MedicinesUsed to Manage Diabetes (Lesley Braun).
10 Ayurvedic Management of Diabetes (DevakaFernando).
11 Chinese Medicine Treatment of Diabetes (Kylie A.O'Brien and Charlie Changli Xue).
12 Australian Aboriginal Traditional Healing Practices(Heather McDonald).
13 Massage and Reflexology (Paula Mullins).
14 Naturopathy (Liza Oates).
15 Complementary Approaches to Managing Pain (Trish Dunningand Leon Chaitow).
16 Manipulative Therapies (Russell Banks).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Trish Dunning, Director Diabetes Education Services and Clinical Nurse Consultant, Diabetes Education, St. Vincent's Health Melbourne.