| Description |
xiv,1035 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book creates a new road map for improving patient outcomes across a wide range of chronic health conditions. Chapters have been authored by experts from many disciplines - such diversity of knowledge has not traditionally been integrated into a single text. The approaches to disease management of primary and secondary prevention described here represent the evolution of the functional medicine model over more than twenty years, through the voices of leading clinicians and scientists. |
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* The healthcare system needs to substanially improve the management of complex, chronic disease and the health of an aging population in the 21st century (Section I). The Textbook of Functional Medicine provides a model of care that helps us achieve that goal. |
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* The book outlines a rigorous architecture for embracing available scientific breakthroughs so that powerful tools in systems biology can be brought to bear on improving both disease prevention and treatment outcomes. |
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* The scientific principles, building blocks, and fundamental physiological processes for "comprehensive patient evaluation" are carefully clarified (Sections II through IV). |
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* An exploration of the fundamental clinical imbalances that underlie complex chronic disease (Section V) precedes a wide-ranging discussion on practical clinical approaches for improving patient management (Section VI). |
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* Selected case studies demonstrate the practical application of functional medicine methodologies in the context of complex, chronic illness, and the book's final four chapters (Section VII) assist the practioner in Putting It All Together. |
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*Practical appendices include helpful tools and information for clinicians and patients. |
| Subject |
Functional medicine.
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Integrative medicine.
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Holistic medicine.
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Clinical medicine -- Methodology.
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Chronic diseases -- Treatment.
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| Added Author |
Jones, David S. (David Scott), 1943-
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Institute for Functional Medicine.
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| ISBN |
9780977371372 |
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0977371379 |
| OCLC # |
764420567 |
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