Foundational concepts of complementary & alternative medicine. Significance of CAM in healthcare / Sue Roe -- Guidelines for advising patients on CAM / Marvin Herring -- Politics of CAM / Karen Lawson -- Psychoneuroimmunology / Karen Lawson -- Common modalities. Acupuncture / Scott Shannon -- Aroma therapy / Linda Halcon & Alexander Levitan -- Biofields and energy therapies / Edward Baruch -- Feldenkrais method & Alexander technique / Joel Ziff & Josef Della Grotte -- Guided imagery / Martin Rossman -- Homeopathy / Eugenie Anderson -- Hypnosis / Daniel Handel -- Massage therapies / Arline Reinking-Hanf -- Music therapy / John Graham-Pole -- Naturopathy / Steven Ehrlich -- Reiki / Leann Thrapp -- Tai Chi & Qigong / Alice Kuramoto -- Therapeutic touch-healing touch therapy / Ann Quinlan-Colwell -- CAM's impact on medical practice. Issues of blended practice / Sue Roe -- A glimpse of U.S. CAM resources / Terry Throckmorton -- The future of CAM / Scott Shannon