Our Health at Risk: What's Going Wrong in Our Health System?Our Health At Risk: What's Going Wrong in Our Health System? Janice-Ann Priest, Dsc, CNHP CNHP Colorado Natural Heritage Program CNHP Certified Natural Health Professional , NC, DipHerb, Kn Herbal Limited PO Box 6041, Tauranga, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. www.greenpharmasy.co.nz ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 4162460005 NZ$24.95 softcover, 300 pp. Our Health At Risk: What's going wrong in our health system? by Janice-Ann Priest outlines and carefully documents the practices of the pharmaceutical industries of New Zealand, Australia, and the United States and their inextricable in·ex·tri·ca·ble adj. 1. a. So intricate or entangled as to make escape impossible: an inextricable maze; an inextricable web of deceit. b. links with the inherent problems of the medical industry and public health. Priest explains in a no holds barred monologue that propaganda has long perpetuated "blind faith to the medical gods" (p. 5) and conveys that the clever marketing of discomfort and disease helped to create and uphold what she describes as the one system--one way monopoly that finally is being challenged through enlightenment. She explains that these industries too often unite in the wrong-headed masking of symptoms rather than exploring to discover the underlying mental and emotional states that can play a role in the onset of imbalances and blocked energy that can manifest as malfunctions and diseases. She also exposes the passion and prejudice that drives these industries to downplay natural modalities and alternative approaches to better health. Priest encourages support of complementary health care methods that ferret out causes to correct imbalances in a holistic manner to help patients to mend and to heal and to put them onto a pathway to a finer focus and better health--mentally, physically, and spiritually--and a better life. The author also includes a glossary of literary definitions for health, a timeline of literary dates and events related to the evolution of health care, and a brief history of the healing arts including the early history of herbalism herbalism /her·bal·ism/ (er´-) (her´bal-izm) the medical use of preparations containing only plant material. , apothecary apothecary /apoth·e·cary/ (ah-poth´e-kar?e) pharmacist. a·poth·e·car·y n. pl. a·poth·e·car·ies Abbr. ap. 1. , and pharmacy and their influences on the health systems of New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. The book also presents a storehouse of warnings and health care statistics and provides a guide through a maze of medical information. Our Health At Risk is must reading for thinkers who cherish their good health and wish to guard it with wise choices from a far-ranging host of natural healing natural healing Alternative healing Alternative health Any healing technique that may be rooted in supernaturalist methods. See Absent healing, Acupuncture, Acupressure, Alexander technique, Applied kinesiology, Ayurvedic medicine, Bioenergetics, Cayce therapies, modalities rather than succumbing to the one system--one way medical myth. Linda Davis Kyle, Reviewer www.writersfriend.com |
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