Health care consumers are searching for ways to enhance health. Bookstores are filled with self-help literature about mental, physical, and emotional connections and ways to manage these relationships. In an innovative and challenging course, the authors discuss mind-brain-body interactions and illustrate the application of alternative modalities in nursing practice.
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