This handy, one-of-a-kind reference offers authoritative, open-minded advice for virtually every alternative therapy. It explains how to incorporate alternative therapies into nursing practice, providing step-by-step procedure instructions. Contents include contributors and consultants; foreword; understanding alternative and complementary therapies; key questions and answers; alternative therapies and nursing practice; impact on nursing practice; holistic nursing; common alternative and complementary therapies; alternative systems of medical practice; mind-body therapies; bioelectromagnetic therapies; manual healing and body work; pharmacologic and biological therapies; herbal therapies; diet and nutrition therapies; appendices, including effective alternative therapies for specific diseases and alternative therapy organizations; glossary; and index.