American Holistic Nurses' Association Guide to Common Chronic Conditions
Self-Care Options to Complement Your Doctor's Advice
Chapter One
Why You May Need
This Book
You may need this book for three very important reasons:
1. Your healthcare practitioner may not have the time to explain
everything to you.
2. A medical approach is not always, and often is not, a holistic self-care
approach that takes into account all the things you can do to
get well and stay well.
3. You find yourself wanting more medical information, so you look
on the Internet and listen to TV or radio and even scan the newspapers,
only to discover conflicting and incorrect information.
Here Are the Answers to Your Questions
You're not feeling well and you go to the doctor. As usual, there are many
patients in the waiting room and you barely catch a glimpse of your harried
doctor. After you've waited for quite a while, the doctor examines
you quickly, gives you a diagnosis, scribbles a prescription, and rushes off
to the next patient. You're there, prescription in hand, not 100 percent
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