Contents
Contributors
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Foreword by Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP
Preface
PART I FOUNDATIONS FOR USE OF COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES
1. Evolution and Use of Complementary Therapies and Integrative Healthcare Practices
Mariah Snyder and Ruth Lindquist
2. Presence
Mariah Snyder
3. Therapeutic Listening
Shigeaki Watanuki, Mary Fran Tracy, and Ruth Lindquist
4. Creating Optimal Healing Environments
Mary Jo Kreitzer and Terri Zborowsky
5. Systems of Care: Sowa RigpaThe Tibetan Knowledge of Healing
Miriam E. Cameron
PART II MINDBODYSPIRIT THERAPIES
6. Imagery
Maura Fitzgerald and Mary Langevin
7. Music Intervention
Linda L. Chlan and Annie Heiderscheit
8. Humor
Shirley K. Trout
9. Yoga
Miriam E. Cameron and Corjena K. Cheung
10. Biofeedback
Marion Good and Jaclene A. Zauszniewski
11. Meditation
Cynthia R. Gross, Michael S. Christopher, and Maryanne Reilly-Spong
12. Journaling
Mariah Snyder
13. Storytelling
Margaret P. Moss
14. Animal-Assisted Therapy
Susan OConner-Von
PART III MANIPULATIVE AND BODY-BASED THERAPIES
15. Massage
Melodee Harris
16. Tai Chi
Kuei-Min Chen
17. Relaxation Therapies
Susan M. Bee, Elizabeth L. Pestka, and Michele M. Evans
18. Exercise
Dereck L. Salisbury, Diane Treat-Jacobson, Ulf G. Bronäs, and Ryan J. Mays
PART IV BIOLOGICALLY BASED THERAPIES
19. Aromatherapy
Linda L. Halcón
20. Herbal Medicines
Gregory A. Plotnikoff and Angela S. Lillehei
21. Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
Melissa H. Frisvold
PART V ENERGY THERAPIES
22. Light Therapy
Niloufar Niakosari Hadidi
23. Healing Touch
Alexa W. Umbreit and Lauren Johnson
24. Reiki
Debbie Ringdahl
25. Acupressure
Pamela Weiss-Farnan
26. Reflexology
Thóra Jenný Gunnarsdóttir
PART VI EDUCATION, PRACTICE, RESEARCH, AND PERSONAL USE
27. Integrating Complementary Therapies Into Education
Carie A. Braun
28. Integrating Complementary Therapies Into Nursing Practice
Susanne M. Cutshall and Elizabeth L. Pestka
29. Perspectives on Future Research
Yeoungsuk Song, Sohye Lee, and Ruth Lindquist
30. Independent Personal Use of Complementary Therapies
Barbara Leonard and Mariah Snyder
31. Afterword: Creating a Preferred FutureEditors Reflections
Ruth Lindquist, Mary Fran Tracy, and Mariah Snyder
Index