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Article: Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation: Evidence for Efficacy in Therapy, Prevention, and Wellness, ed 2.(Book Review)
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation: Evidence for Efficacy in Therapy, Prevention, and Wellness, ed 2 Davis CM, ed. Thorofare, NJ 08086, Slack Inc, 2004, hardcover, 412 pp, illus, ISBN: 1-55642-581-3, $42.95.
The editor of Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation, Carol Davis, has brought together a team of authors and has given them a difficult assignment: to make physical therapists aware of the main features of various "alternative" therapeutic regimens and to encourage scientific examination of the efficacy and rationale for these interventions. Although the book does not have a specific statement of purpose, one aim seems to he to encourage ...