ISSN 1538-1080
Abstract This preliminary study examines the adjunctive use of flower essence therapy in the treatment of mild to moderate major depression. Flower essence therapy is similar to homeopathy in that it involves the ingesting of a substance which is physically dilute, but energetically active. Flower essences were prepared from a solar infusion of the fresh
In medical training, humanity takes second place to scientific achievement. The realization that we are producing a generation of less than humane doctors has begun to trouble both medical educators and clinicians. Might the study of the humanities, especially the reading of literature, in medical training help doctors to be more humane? Some proponents certainly
-Paul Pearsall. The Hearts Code: Tapping the Wisdom and Power of Our Heart Energy: The New Findings About Cellular Memories and Their Role in the Mind/Body/Spirit Connection-Marc Ian Barasch. Healing Dreams: Exploring the Dreams That Can Transform Your Life-Andrew Newberg, Eugene DAquili, and Vince Rause. Why God Wont go Away: Brain Science and the biology
Abstract Prayer and spiritual healing have been researched over the last forty years. Spiritual awareness, a neglected aspect of much of this research, is finding its way into clinical practice in treatment of a variety of problems. It is a challenge to use spiritual healing in a wholistic and ethical manner.
Welcome to The International Journal of Healing and Caring – On Line. The IJHC is a reader-friendly forum for exploring issues of wholistic, whole-person care – focusing on harmonization of body, emotions, mind, relationships (with other people and with your environment) and spirit. Perspectives of caregivers as well as those of the recipients of treatments
My fascination with healing dates back to my high school years when a dear friend suffered third degree burns over 75 percent of his body. I watched his recuperation with the emergency life-saving treatments, the skin grafting, the physical rehabilitation, and the agony his spirit went through. These opened my eyes to a process that
In Western biomedicine, nutritional therapies have been proven cost-effective modes of treatment in such well-researched conditions as hypercholesterolemia (McGehee 1995) and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (Franz et al 1995). While patients are receptive to dietary advice from their doctors, that advice is seldom forthcoming in any great detail, as many physicians have minimal training in
Medical School Applicants Should Be Screened for Personality Disorders In the December 2001 issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics, the authors encourage medical schools to more thoroughly screen for sociopathic behavior in incoming medical students. Dr. Michael Lowe of the Fiji School of Medicine states that screening applicants may help avoid incidents like the
I have been there: both with epidural and without, and I can say that each was right for me at the time. Here we face the age old problem of not imposing ones own values on others. But especially in terms of the patient/doctor relationship because there is definitely a power imbalance there, how to
Two days ago I completed my four week long obstetrics/ and gynecology core rotation. The month was filled with the unexpected in many ways. One of the surprises was my response to epidural (spinal) anesthesia injections that are given to reduce pain during labor and delivery. My mother started training to be a lay midwife