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Interviews Tibetan physician Robert A.F. Thurman. Knowledge of Thurman on Tibetan medicine; History of Tibetan medicine; Western misconceptions on Buddhism; Characteristics of a Tibetan physician; Noble truths of Buddhism; Meditation regarding compassion.
InnoVision Communications, Encinitas, CA. Text cites interviews and encounters with healers and therapists working in complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine. Discusses spirituality and its role in healing, present and future trends in complementary medicine, and possible integration where conventional and complementary medicine can be merged. (Product description).
This ... collection brings together ... interviews and encounters with healers and therapists working in complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine. Intimate conversations with top scientists and physicians delve into their own personal experiences with alternative modalities, both as human beings and as healers. [From this book,] you'll discover: discussions of spirituality and its role in healing, making this one of the first books to address this issue from a scientific perspective; unique and exciting insights into the understanding and beliefs of the leading voices in complementary medicine; present and future challenges for complementary/integrative medicine as described by individual leaders in the field; possible areas of integration where conventional and complementary medicine can be merged. By reading the collection of conversations as a whole, you'll uncover many of the underlying principles that make alternative and complementary therapies so viable in today's medical practice.-Back cover.