Although CAM research
as applied to aging is just beginning and health professionals receive
no special training in CAM and aging, the United States population
still continues to employ it. For diagnoses that accompany aging
such as cancer, neurological diseases, psychiatric disorders, and
physical disabilities, CAM has often been used in addition to or
in place of unsuccessful conventional methods of treatment.
This new and up-to-the-minute compendium of reliable
and authoritative information on complementary and alternative therapies
seeks to provide information that older adults may use as they seek
to improve their health and quality of life. Covering dietary means;
physical, mental, and spiritual methods of treatment; and various
types of therapies, this handbook is the most comprehensive and
up-to-date resource on complementary and alternative medicine available
today. |
