A quick look at the table of contents will show that Health for the Whole Person is easily the most comprehensive book available on holistic approaches to health. This authoritative sourcebook will answer your questions about alternative health practices and direct you to the best additional information on such topics as homeopathic medicine, biofeedback, chiropractic, natural childbirth, herbal medicines, psychic healing, and nutrition therapy. - Back cover.

Based on a report prepared by the Institute of Noetic Sciences for the National Institute of Mental Health.

The paradigm of holistic medicine -- The social context of health -- Family therapy and physical illness -- Ecological factors in health -- Medical self-care : self-responsibility for health -- The mind in health and disease -- Biofeedback -- Autogenic therapy -- Hypnosis -- Meditation and holistic medicine -- Psychic healing -- The placebo effect : a neglected asset in the care of patients -- The physical disciplines and health -- Touch : working with the body -- Chiropractic -- Eastern spiritual and physical discipline and health -- Food and nutrition -- The therapeutic use of plants -- Music and sound in health -- The use of light and color in health -- Alternatives in childbirth -- Holistic approaches to oral health and dentistry -- Stress : the new etiology -- Holistic approaches to healthy aging and programs for the elderly -- Dying and death -- Homoeopathic medicine -- Chinese medicine and holistic health -- Indigenous and traditional systems of healing -- Alternative forms of diagnosis -- Holistic health centers -- The future of health care in the United States.