Orthomolecular Medicine : Finding the Right Treatment: Modern and Alternative Medicine : A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Best of Both Worlds PDF
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Jacqueline Krohn MD Frances Taylor M \ Findin Treatmen MODERN and ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Best of Both Worlds BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Coplev Square ♦ Finding the mght Treatment # Finding the Treatment MODERN and ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Best of Both Worlds JACQUELINE KROHN, MD, MPH FRANCES A. TAYLOR, MA Hartley & Marks PUBLISHERS Published by HARTLEY & MARKS PUBLISHERS INC. p. o. Box 147 3661. West Broadway Point Roberts, wa Vancouver, bc 98281 v6r 2B8 Text © 1999 by Jacqueline Krohn and Frances Taylor All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Except for brief reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Krohn, Jacqueline, 1950- Finding the right treatment / J acqueline Krohn, Frances A. Taylor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-88179-166-0 1. Medicine, Popular. 2. Alternative medicine. I.Taylor, Frances A., 1938- . II. Title. RC81.K875 1998 610 — dc2i 98-28774 CIP Design and composition by The Typeworks Set in sabon NOTICE TO THE READER This book is meant to be a source of information for those who are interested in learning about modern and alternative medicine, including their various components and treatments. Every person has different health problems and issues, based on age, sex, lifestyle, health status, genetics, diet, psychological state, and spiritual maturity. Our intent is to share our experience and offer guidelines to help you become more informed about your health care choices and options. In cooperation with your physician and other health care providers, you can then take the necessary steps to maintain optimum health. This book is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering medical or other professional services. If m edical or expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Neither the authors nor the publisher takes medical or legal responsibility for the reader who uses the contents of this book as a p rescription. DEDICATION To our families, both immediate and extended: Particularly our husbands who endured our writing another book and without whose patience, support, and help neither our work nor our writing would be possible. And our parents and siblings whose enthusiasm and encouragement never fails to cheer us on! ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Our sincere thanks to: Our office staff for the extra steps they took in enabling the office to run smoothly while we were writing this book, as well as the encour- agement they a lways offer us. Cheryl Sedlacek for her word processing labors on the computer. Alice Kernodle and Susan Deininger for their many fact-finding phone calls. Jeanette Meadows for her painstaking proofreading, and Angie Chipera for the many tasks she performed on our behalf. Steven Carter, who so capably did the technical read-through. Elizabeth McLean, our editor, whose enthusiasm, curiosity, insight, and thoroughness assures our readers an easily understood text.. The staff of Hartley & Marks, especially Susan Juby, whose expertise enabled the production of this book. Our colleagues, in both modern and alternative medicine, whose work, research, and publications allowed us to write this book.
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