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The Resource Mind, body medicine : how to use your mind for better health, edited by Daniel Goleman and Joel Gurin

Mind, body medicine : how to use your mind for better health, edited by Daniel Goleman and Joel Gurin

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"Practical, intellectually stimulating, and superbly researched, Mind/Body Medicine gives you the most up-to-date information on what is now known about the vital role of the mind in health. Based on the latest findings from America's leading scientific institutions, and written by physicians, psychologists, and medical researchers with extensive clinical experience, Mind/Body Medicine discusses the connection between stress and disease; examines such mind/body approaches as biofeedback, hypnosis, meditation, and psychotherapy; explains how psychological and social support systems can actually lead to better health; explores the mind's role in pain, heart disease, cancer, the immune system, diabetes, skin problems, arthritis, asthma, gastrointestinal disease, and infertility; and shows consumers how to become active patients, working with health-care practitioners in managing their physical well-being." "Edited by Daniel Goleman, a New York Times writer on health and human behavior, and Joel Gurin, Consumer Reports science editor, Mind/Body Medicine gives you state-of-the-art data to help you make the right health decisions for yourself and your family. This important book tells you what is known about mind/body interactions and discusses specific techniques to help you use your mind for better health."--BOOK JACKET
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eng
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Publication
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xiv, 482 pages
Isbn
9780890435809
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Mind, body medicine : how to use your mind for better health
Title
Mind, body medicine
Title remainder
how to use your mind for better health
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edited by Daniel Goleman and Joel Gurin
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Practical, intellectually stimulating, and superbly researched, Mind/Body Medicine gives you the most up-to-date information on what is now known about the vital role of the mind in health. Based on the latest findings from America's leading scientific institutions, and written by physicians, psychologists, and medical researchers with extensive clinical experience, Mind/Body Medicine discusses the connection between stress and disease; examines such mind/body approaches as biofeedback, hypnosis, meditation, and psychotherapy; explains how psychological and social support systems can actually lead to better health; explores the mind's role in pain, heart disease, cancer, the immune system, diabetes, skin problems, arthritis, asthma, gastrointestinal disease, and infertility; and shows consumers how to become active patients, working with health-care practitioners in managing their physical well-being." "Edited by Daniel Goleman, a New York Times writer on health and human behavior, and Joel Gurin, Consumer Reports science editor, Mind/Body Medicine gives you state-of-the-art data to help you make the right health decisions for yourself and your family. This important book tells you what is known about mind/body interactions and discusses specific techniques to help you use your mind for better health."--BOOK JACKET
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DLC
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Index
index present
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non fiction
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bibliography
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1953-
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  • Goleman, Daniel
  • Gurin, Joel
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  • Medicine, Psychosomatic
  • Mind and body
  • Healing
  • Mental Healing
  • Psychophysiologic Disorders
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
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Mind, body medicine : how to use your mind for better health, edited by Daniel Goleman and Joel Gurin
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [451]-470) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
26973759
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
xiv, 482 pages
Isbn
9780890435809
Lccn
92035904
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
UMKC: Nichols copy forms part of the Edwin J. Westermann Medieval Studies Collection.
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014019024957
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illustrations
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Mind, body medicine : how to use your mind for better health, edited by Daniel Goleman and Joel Gurin
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [451]-470) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
26973759
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
xiv, 482 pages
Isbn
9780890435809
Lccn
92035904
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
UMKC: Nichols copy forms part of the Edwin J. Westermann Medieval Studies Collection.
Other control number
014019024957
Other physical details
illustrations

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