Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
- Published by: Harper Paperbacks
- Edition: 1st Edition October 24, 1990
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0060965398
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0060965396
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 7.2 ounces
From Publishers Weekly
Consumers could certainly use a solid journalistic examination of "alternative" medical therapies and their advocates. Heimlich's, unfortunately, is not that book. While justifiably deploring overmedication and unnecessary surgery, Heimlich ( Homeopathic Medicine at Home ) accepts uncritically many suggestions, so long as they do not emanate from the "establishment." The result is a melange of solid good sense (stop smoking to prevent heart disease), interesting potential (acupuncture as a treatment for sundry ailments; the mind-body connection) and much that is highly dubious and potentially dangerous, including discredited south-of-the-border cancer therapies, floral extracts, magnets and "psychic diagnosis." Typical of the author's gullibility is her failure to impute other than altruistic motives to her sources; she accepts, with no apparent awareness of conflict of interest, an "expert" opinion on vitamin megadoses from a manufacturer of such products. Her book will bolster the convictions of believers; its anecdotes, testimonials and naivete will rightly reinforce the doubts of skeptics. Heimlich is married to Henry Heimlich, the physician who devised the lifesaving Heimlich Maneuver.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Like Andrew Weil's Natural Health, Natural Medicine: A Comprehensive Manual for Wellness and Self-Care ( LJ 5/1/90), this well-written book challenges orthodox medicine's preference for surgery and drugs. A journalist and wife of the physician who developed the Heimlich maneuver, the author focuses on the most prevalent diseases with an authoritative review of mainstream medical treatments. Presenting well-documented scientific evidence from medical journals, Heimlich provides an in-depth view of the most significant alternative therapies, such as macrobiotics and chelation. Among a plethora of literature with a similar message, this is a good choice for consumer collections with few books on the subject.
- Marilyn Rosenthal, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader ReviewsI'm quite perturbed by the negative reviews of what I consider a wonderful book. These reviews seem full of hate and vituperation. They also distort Heimlich's views and are, in my opinion, strongly and strangely biased. The chapter on chelation, in particular, has saved a good friend of mine from extensive surgery which had been scheduled, but was then cancelled because chelation brought about an increase in circulation which baffled the doctors. I seriously wonder if these reviewers have actually read this book. It is written in a delightful, often humorous way that makes its points easily and well.
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