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The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America by Professor Norman Gevitz

The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America Professor Norman Gevitz ebook
Page: 264
ISBN: 0801878349, 9780801878343
Format: pdf
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Instead of just treating specific symptoms or illnesses, they regard your body as an integrated whole. In the United States, only actively licensed physicians are permitted to diagnose and treat using Cranial Osteopathy.Cranio-Sacral Therapy™ requires little to no medical background. Norman Gevitz, PhD, is a medical historian and author of The DO's: Osteopathic Medicine in America. Osteopathic Doctors are the pioneers of Wellness Medicine Osteopathic medicine is a unique form of American medical care that was started in 1874 by Andrew Taylor Still, M.D., D.O. And yet, osteopathy is not well understood. Gavitz sat down with Sound Medicine's Dr. "This book is a fine introduction to the early history of osteopathy, and it must be the starting point for persons seeking to understand the changing relationship between orthodox medicine and osteopathy. A single 24 hour course provides a certificate. Still was dissatisfied with the effectiveness of 19th century Osteopathic Doctors practice a "whole person" approach to medicine. Overcoming suspicion, ridicule, and outright opposition from the American Medical Association, the osteopathic medical profession today serves the health needs of more than thirty million Americans.