Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Health Professionals: A Practical Handbook provides all health professionals with a ready reference on the use, actions and interactions of CAM interventions with orthodox medicine, enabling the reader to ascertain the safety and efficacy of the intervention for the patient, taking into account current medication and health status. While practitioners cannot be familiar with all of the concepts in CAM and conventional medicine, this dictionary provides them with a quick easy access to many unfamiliar terms therefore providing an excellent resource for improving communication about CAM with patients. Appendices are provided at the end and offer an excellent source of further useful information for ever health professional.