Research Paper - Meditation and Modern Medicine Throughout recorded history, people of various cultures have relied on what Western medical practitioners today call alternative medicine. The term alternative medicine covers a broad range of healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies. It generally describes those treatments and health care practices that are outside mainstream Western health care. People use these treatments and therapies in a variety of ways. Alternative therapies used alone are often referred to as …showed first 75 words of 1398 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1398 total…have long been accepted in many cultures. Works Cited Apostolides, Marianne. How to Quit the Holistic Way. Psychology Today Epiro, E. and Nancy Walsh. Alternative Medicine - Part Two: Mind Body Medicine - Expanding Health Model. Fields of Practice - Herbal Medicine. (10 Dec. 1997). Meditation Center. http://www.meditationcenter.com/ O'Connell, Tom. Meditation gaining acceptance by medical establishment http://www.sanctuary777.com/Lifestyle_Journal_Vol2/essay20.htm Squires, Sally. The New Medicine. Modern Maturity Sept. 1996: 69-70.