Mind-body unity : a new vision for mind-body science and medicine

Dreher, Henry. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0801873924 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxiii, 332 pages ; 23 cm
print
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2003]
Copyright: ©2003

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The psychosomatic network: foundations of mind-body medicine -- The social perspective in mind-body studies -- The mindful heart: psychosocial factors in heart disease -- Cancer and the mind: an integrative investigation -- Behavioral medicine's new marketplace -- The scientific and moral imperative of psychosocial interventions for cancer -- Mind-body medicine for women: gender-specific treatments -- Somatization: secrets disclosed to the body -- Mind-body interventions for surgery: evidence and exigency.