Textbook in PDF format This fully updated new edition of Holism and Complementary Medicine offers a systematic overview of traditional healing practices, the development of the Western biomedical model from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the present, and the holistic philosophy which forms the basis of complementary and alternative medicine in the West. It includes a new chapter covering developments over the past two decades, including an increased focus on integrative medicine and public health. Additonal sections focus on new material related to traditional and indigenous medicines, including Ayurveda and Australian aboriginal medicine