Contents
Complementary therapies: historical, political and professional issues -- Introduction -- Nursing and complementary therapies: a natural partnership -- Complementary care: redefining nursing for the new millennium -- Developing clinical practice guidelines -- Education and professional development -- Legal and ethical aspects of complementary therapies and complementary care -- Research issues in complementary therapies and holistic care -- Careers and opportunities: complementary therapies and future nursing -- Complementary therapies: some therapeutic approaches -- Introduction -- Nutrition as a complementary therapy -- Aromatherapy -- Massage -- Relaxation: the learned response -- Therapeutic touch and healing touch: nursing modalities for the new millennium -- Introduction to music therapy -- Nursing and the role of animals -- Complementary therapies in action: stories from the workplace -- Introduction -- Complementary therapies in a high-tech health care environment: a pleasing and powerful partnership -- Complementary therapies in aged care -- Complementary therapies in a palliative care setting: the clinical experience -- Complementary therapies in midwifery practice -- Choosing a complementary therapy course: what should you consider? -- Animal-assisted therapy within hospitals: suggested infection control: a summary.