Holism and Complementary Medicine: Origins and Principles

The rise of complementary medicine is one of the most important developments in health over the past three decades. This popular text outlines the history and philosophy behind holistic therapies and examines the role they have to play in contemporary health systems.

Vincent Di Stefano is a practitioner in osteopathy and Western herbal medicine, with a clinical practice in Melbourne, Australia. He has qualifications in acupuncture and naturopathy as well as a Masters in Health Sciences from Victoria University. He has lectured extensively in Western herbal medicine, philosophical concepts of healing, and qualitative research methods in private colleges and at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the Health Sciences department at Victoria University. He regularly contributes to journals, conferences and professional associations, and was founding editor of the first peer-reviewed multi-modality complementary medicine journal in Australia, Journal of the Australian Natural Therapists’Association.