Andrew Weil, M.D.: The New Approach To Medicine

Our modern medical system, based on high technology tests and treatments, is beginning to topple under its own weight and expense. But there is another approach to medicine that is less expensive and often more effective, especially for chronic conditions. Andrew Weil, M.D., one of the most respected advocates of the new medical paradigm, describes many proven alternatives that honor and encourage the body's own intrinsic healing potential. "This is not new-age fluff," Weil observes. "This is hard-core physiology.... If we could bring medicine back to a health-and-healing orientation, we would be on the road to solving our health-care crisis."

He is the bestselling author of Natural Health, Natural Medicine (Houghton Mifflin 1990), and Spontaneous Healing: How to Discover and Enhance Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself (Knopf 1995).

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