Invitation to Holistic Health: A Guide to Living a Balanced Life: A Guide to Living a Balanced Life / Edition 4

by Charlotte Eliopoulos

Overview

Invitation to Holistic Health: A Guide to Living a Balanced Life, Fourth Edition, features solid principles and proven practices to promote optimal health and well-being using a holistic approach. The text is divided into four parts: Strengthening Your Inner Resources; Developing Healthy Lifestyle Practices; Taking Charge of Challenges to the Body, Mind, and Spirit; and Safe Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies. This easy-to-read guide provides how-to information for dealing with a variety of health-related issues, including nutrition, exercise, herbal remedies, and homeopathic remedies, to name a few. Unlike other holistic health textbooks, the Fourth Edition promotes a variety of therapies and provides evidence to support the practice of each one. New to the Fourth Edition: • Updated research related to holistic health and practices • Expanded coverage of obesity and diversity • Tips for practitioners on providing holistic care in conventional settings • Discussion around the integration of conventional medicine and alternative therapies

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781284105483
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	02/06/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	502
Sales rank:	696,583
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Charlotte Eliopoulos, RN, MPH, ND, PhD is a leader in integrating conventional and complementary therapies to empower people to establish positive health practices and manage chronic conditions. During and since her presidency of the American Holistic Nurses Association, she has advocated for a strong nursing leadership role in integrative care and has challenged health care leaders to reconsider the paradigm in which care is provided. In her current role of Executive Director of the American Association for long Term Care Nursing, she promotes holistic health principles and practices to help transform the culture of long term care environments. She is a prolific author and a sought-after speaker, nationally and internationally on topics related to self care, integrative care for chronic conditions, and holistic long term care.

Table of Contents

Part I Strengthening Your Inner Resources
Chapter 1 Introduction to Holistic Health
Chapter 2 Healthful Nutrition
Chapter 3 Exercise: Mindfulness in Movement
Chapter 4 Sleep and Rest
Chapter 5 Immunity Enhancement: Mind/Body Considerations
Chapter 6 Flowing with the Reality of Stress
Part II Developing Healthy Lifestyle Practices
Chapter 7 Growing Healthy Relationships
Chapter 8 Survival Skills for Families
Chapter 9 The Spiritual Connection
Chapter 10 Balancing Work and Life
Chapter 11 Promoting a Healthy, Healing Environment
Chapter 12 Taking Life Lightly: Humor The Great Alternative
Part III Taking Charge of Challenges to the Body, Mind, and Spirit
Chapter 13 Understanding the Hidden Meaning of Symptoms
Chapter 14 Working in Part nership with Your Health Practitioner: Advocating for Yourself
Chapter 15 Menopause: Time of the Wise Woman
Chapter 16 Living Fully With Chronic Conditions
Chapter 17 Addiction: Diseases of Fear, Shame, and Guilt
Chapter 18 Medication Wisdom
Chapter 19 Surviving Caregiving
Part IV Safe Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Chapter 20 Navigating the Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Chapter 21 Alternative Medical Systems
Chapter 22 Nutritional Supplements
Chapter 23 Herbal Medicine
Chapter 24 Aromatherapy: Common Scents
Chapter 25 Mind-Body Therapies
Chapter 26 Manipulative and Body-Based Methods
Chapter 27 Energy Therapies

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Alane G Lucht, D.C., M.A.(Northwestern Health Sciences University)
Description: This broad overview of multiple forms of nonallopathic healthcare is careful to provide relevant information on the topics without taking away from the intended brevity of the book.
Purpose: The purpose is to introduce the general public to various forms of holistic healthcare. The book addresses the need for education and understanding of this growing aspect of healthcare, while being respectful of allopathic medicine. It meets a need: making sense of all the forms of complementary and alternative medicine practices that are becoming more mainstream.
Audience: This book seems to be written for the general public. The writing is simple and clear, making the book accessible to a variety of audiences. The author is a specialist in holistic aging and chronic care as well as a holistic nurse.
Features: The author introduces the concept of holistic health in the beginning before covering topics ranging from nutrition to mindfulness, living with chronic conditions to energy therapies, and living in a healthy environment to self-advocacy when dealing with healthcare practitioners. The author includes key points and tips for practitioners throughout the book. My only criticism is that there are charts and very few illustrations. It would have helped to break up the text visually with something as simple as line drawings or pictures of anatomical structures.
Assessment: I was pleasantly surprised at the wide range of topics this book covers. The author does not seem to shy away from any subject, and her writing style is accessible without being simplistic. This book covers so much that it would be a great addition to any practitioner's library, for reference and sharing.

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