Invitation to Holistic Health: A Guide to Living a Balanced Life - Softcover

Eliopoulos, Charlotte

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449694217 ISBN 13: 9781449694210

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2013

Synopsis

Invitation to Holistic Health: A Guide to Living a Balanced Life provides solid principles and proven measures to promote optimal health and well-being using a holistic approach. Divided into three parts: Strengthening Your Inner Resources, Developing Health Lifestyle Practices, and Taking Charge of Challenges to the Mind, Body, and Spirit, this easy-to-read guide it provides how-to information when dealing with a variety of health-related issues that includes, but is not limited to, nutrition, exercise, herbal remedies, and homeopathic remedies.

The Third Edition as been completely revised and includes current research on the effectiveness and safety of herbs and other complementary and alternative medicine therapies. The chapter on Menopause has been updated to reflect current thinking about the safe use of estrogen replacement, soy products, and other approaches to manage symptoms and new suggested readings and resources have been provided for further exploration into topics.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1449694217
• ISBN 13: 9781449694210
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 420