The acupuncturist's guide to conventional medicine /

Now in its second edition, this comparative textbook provides everything students and practitioners of complementary medicine need to know about conventional medicine. It covers the physiological systems of the body and the conventional approach to diagnosis and treatment, enabling good relationship...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Stephenson, Clare (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Singing Dragon, 2017
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to medical sciences
  • Conventional clinical practice
  • Comparisons with alternative medical viewpoints
  • Barriers to disease and susceptibility
  • Processes of disease
  • Cancer
  • Infectious disease
  • Gastrointestinal disease
  • The cardiovascular system
  • The respiratory system
  • The blood
  • Diseases of the nervous system
  • The musculoskeletal system
  • The urinary system
  • Diseases of the endocrine system
  • Diseases of the reproductive system
  • Pregnancy and childbirth
  • Children's health
  • Diseases of the skin, the eye and the ear
  • Mental health disorders.