Authors:American Osteopathic Association, Anthony Chila,
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keywords: medicine, osteopathic, foundations
Number of Pages: 1472
Published: 2010-10-29
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0781766710
ISBN-13: 9780781766715

Thoroughly revised for its Third Edition, Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine is the most comprehensive, current osteopathic text. This American Osteopathic Association publication defines the terminology and techniques of the field and is the standard text for teaching the profession. It provides broad, multidisciplinary coverage of osteopathic considerations in the basic sciences, behavioral sciences, family practice and primary care, and the clinical specialties and demonstrates a wide variety of osteopathic manipulative methods. This edition features expanded coverage of international pra

Author: American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keywords: medicine, family, osteopathic, dysfunction, somatic
Number of Pages: 532
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $57.95
ISBN-10: 1405104759
ISBN-13: 9781405104753

This clinically oriented textbook provides a patient-focused approach to the diagnosis and treatment of somatic dysfunction--functional impairment of the musculoskeletal system and related neural and vascular elements--in the context of family medicine practice. The book explains the clinical rationale for osteopathic manipulative treatment in specific situations and details procedures for treating common problems encountered in family medicine. Coverage begins with the philosophy and principles of osteopathic patient care. Two major sections focus on various patient populations and patients w

Author: Laurie Hartman
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Keywords: technique, osteopathic, handbook
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1996-01
List price: $78.00
ISBN-10: 0748737227
ISBN-13: 9780748737222

This book discusses all aspects of modern osteopathic techniques (including indirect technique). It aids learning and development using descriptions and photographs. It emphasises the most and least suitable procedures for varied body types. It shows how to improve skills and assists constructive learning.

Author: Jane Elizabeth Carreiro DO
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: children, approach, osteopathic
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-02-07
List price: $91.95
ISBN-10: 0443063605
ISBN-13: 9780443063602

This evidence-based, fully referenced text offers a wealth of information on the use of osteopathic techniques for pediatric disorders -- from newborns to adolescents. It discusses normal development, physiology, and anatomy of the systems, and it explores conditions and diseases of childhood as well as the rationale for osteopathic treatment. Practical and comprehensive, it offers an osteopathic approach to understanding the development of the cranium; the interrelatedness of posture, movement, and cognition; and the process of labor and birth.

Author: Professor Norman Gevitz
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: america, medicine, osteopathic, dos
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2004-04-13
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0801878330
ISBN-13: 9780801878336

Overcoming suspicion, ridicule, and outright opposition from the American Medical Association, the osteopathic medical profession today serves the health needs of more than thirty million Americans. The DOs chronicles the development of this controversial medical movement from the nineteenth century to the present. Historian Norman Gevitz describes the philosophy and practice of osteopathy, as well as its impact on medical care. From the theories underlying the use of spinal manipulation developed by osteopathy’s founder, Andrew Taylor Still, Gevitz traces the movement’s

Author: Wilfred L. Riggs
Publisher: Kolthoff Press
Keywords: treatment, manipulations, osteopathic, manual
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 2008-10-06
List price: $27.45
ISBN-10: 1443747777
ISBN-13: 9781443747776

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: Caroline Stone
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Keywords: principles, practice, osteopathic, osteopathy, art, science
Number of Pages: 371
Published: 2000-07
List price: $81.95
ISBN-10: 0748733280
ISBN-13: 9780748733286

This work discusses fundamental anatomy and physiology in the context of osteopathic practice; bridges the gap between empirical osteopathy and modern Western medicine; explores the role of osteopathy in current healthcare practice; and, reviews all major areas of osteopathic principles, practice and management styles. Case studies are used to demonstrate the efficiency of osteopathy for a wide range of conditions.