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Preface. <p>Foreword.</p> <p>List of Contributors.</p> <p>Acknowledgements.</p> <p>1 Introduction to Diabetes (<i>Gary Deed and Trish Dunning</i>).</p> <p>2 Complementary Therapy Use (<i>Mohan Pawa</i>).</p> <p>3 Complementary Medicine and Safety (<i>Lesley Braun</i>).</p> <p>4 Integrating Complementary and Conventional Therapies (<i>Trish Dunning</i>).</p> <p>5 Nutritional Therapies (<i>Rocco Di Vincenzo</i>).</p> <p>6 Essential Oils (Aromatherapy) (<i>Trish Dunning</i>).</p> <p>7 Counselling and Relaxation Therapies (<i>Sue Cradock and Chas Skinner</i>).</p> <p>8 Energy Therapies (<i>Geraldine Milton</i>).</p> <p>9 Herbal Medicines and Interactions with Conventional Medicines Used to Manage Diabetes (<i>Lesley Braun</i>).</p> <p>10 Ayurvedic Management of Diabetes (<i>Devaka Fernando</i>).</p> <p>11 Chinese Medicine Treatment of Diabetes (<i>Kylie A. O’Brien and Charlie Changli Xue</i>).</p> <p>12 Australian Aboriginal Traditional Healing Practices (<i>Heather McDonald</i>).</p> <p>13 Massage and Reflexology (<i>Paula Mullins</i>).</p> <p>14 Naturopathy (<i>Liza Oates</i>).</p> <p>15 Complementary Approaches to Managing Pain (<i>Trish Dunning and Leon Chaitow</i>).</p> <p>16 Manipulative Therapies (<i>Russell Banks</i>).</p> <p>Index.</p>

"…a valuable resource for clinicians who wish to obtain an introduction to these therapies…" (<i>Journal of the American Medical Association</i>, January 20, 2008) <p>"Highly recommended for all health care providers who see diabetic patients." (<i>Electric Review</i>, March/April 2007)</p> <p>"This is a comprehensive review of the wide range of complementary therapies available to patients with diabetes." (<i>Doody's Health Services</i>)</p>

<b>Professor Trish Dunning</b>, Director Diabetes Education Services and Clinical Nurse Consultant, Diabetes Education, St. Vincent’s Health Melbourne.

People with diabetes frequently use complementary therapies to control blood glucose but also to manage symptoms associated with complications and intercurrent illness as well as in health prevention strategies. Managing diabetes depends on achieving life balance, not just metabolic control. The International Diabetes Federation chose the epitomy of balance, the Yin Yang symbol, as the World Diabetes Day logo in 2003. <p>Complementary therapies cover a wide range, some with a good evidence base. This book provides an overview of the most commonly used of these therapies and discusses key issues for safe use by people with diabetes and associated vascular disease. Conventional practitioners need to ask whether patients are using complementary therapies as part of an holistic assessment and consider the potential interactions with conventional medicines.</p> <p>This is the first book devoted exclusively to complementary therapies and diabetes and has several key features:</p> <ul type="disc"> <li>It is an informative evidence-based text that will help health professionals understand complementary therapies commonly used by people with diabetes, their potential benefits, possible adverse events and how these could be minimised or prevented.</li> <li>It describes clinical practice guidelines for the safe combination of complementary and conventional therapies in diabetes management.</li> <li>It suggests appropriate advice to give people with diabetes and vascular disease about complementary therapies.</li> </ul> <p>Written by experts in the various fields, this book makes important reading for all health professionals managing patients with diabetes and associated vascular disease, including nurses, doctors, dietitians and podiatrists.</p>

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