A Different Way to Heal?
Acupuncture. Herbal remedies. Magnet therapy. Consumers and patients have made alternative and "complementary" medicine a billion-dollar industry. But do these and other alternatives to traditional Western medicine really work? Many claims exist for the efficacy of such treatments, but the...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2009], c2001.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A Different Way to Heal (1:49)
- Skepticism of Alternative Medicines (2:15)
- Cause and Effect (1:12)
- Redirecting Chi (1:21)
- Dietary Supplements (1:24)
- A Supplement for Everything (1:41)
- Herbal Hope (1:55)
- Running Out of Options (1:51)
- Studying PC SPES (1:34)
- DES in PC SPES (1:06)
- Comparing DES to DES (1:36)
- Assessing Alternative Therapies (1:37)
- Ignoring Conventional Medicine (2:17)
- Adjusting the Joints (2:05)
- Invention of Chiropractic (1:20)
- Expression of the Nervous System (1:15)
- Chiropractic Exam (1:15)
- Subluxations (1:25)
- Cracking Sounds In Chiropractic (1:09)
- Chiropractic Adjustments (1:19)
- Leg Measuring Procedures (1:23)
- Fooled by Expectations (1:01)
- Paralysis Caused by Chiropractic (1:07)
- Strokes Cause by Chiropractic (0:59)
- No Scientific Basis for Chiropractic (1:03)
- Chinese Medicine (1:08)
- Acupuncture in America (1:09)
- Science of Acupuncture (1:29)
- Acupuncture's Main Idea (1:27)
- Blood Pressure Study (4:01)
- An Opiate Effect (2:02)
- Healing Touch (2:37)
- Chinese Energy Therapy (1:58)
- Placebo Effect of Therapeutic Touch (2:11)