Manifesto For A New Medicine: Your Guide To Healing Partnerships And The Wise Use Of Alternative Therapies

I guess if you're new to this (i.e. alternative medicine), 299 pages might not seem like a lot; but for me, some ideas seemed to drone on, and I periodically lost attention. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed most, if not all of the case studies. I even enjoyed reading Dr. Gordon's path to how he came to alternative medicine and his healing crisis was fascinating, sparking an interest. However, some of his points on exercise and diet seemed like common sense (especially to someone who has read this type of thing before). Also, he quoted "let food be your medicine and your medicine food" in a couple of different places in the book. Personally, I thought once was sufficient, when he brought up it up the first time. When he brought the topic up an additional time, it just seemed redundant to me. Again, this might be good for someone new to these concepts.Overall I liked the book, but some points were slow and redundant, which made it very tempting to skip around.A plus about the book is the subject index (p.347-358). I enjoy it when non-digital books with over 250 pages a have an index for a reader's convenience if they want to refer back to a cetain topic. Putting this book on Kindle would be even sweeter. That way a reader can just do a word search. (Why isn't this book on Kindle yet?)

Fantastic book for anyone looking for information on alternative medicine or addressing generic health concerns.There's a wealth of knowledge and statistical data offered by the author about different concepts that people can follow to improve chronic health issues or simply lead a healthier, happier life.The author doesn't offer too much in the way of the actual therapies or remedies. Instead, he outlines the benefits of many different types of alternative treatments that can benefit anyone who is tired of the typical pharmaceutical practice of treatment in Western medicine. You can then follow up with more specific research on the different types of things outlined in the book.

As a board certified holistic practitioner, I have clashed with conventional medicine for many years. I took it upon myself todo the research and educate the integrative modailites that are available. This book is excellent from a medical doctorsperception. He describes in detail his training, and how it wasn't working for health care. It is really what I describe as'sick care'. Over prescribing, not spending time with a patient, treating patients as machines instead of people, all partof the system that he could no longer invest his time or energy in. If you want to understand the medical system fromsomeone who was in the trenches, then this is the book for you.

...hard crunchy science written in a completely accessible way; laced throughwith anecdotes that deepen both learning and practice. EVERYone concernedwith health and thriving ought to read this book.

Plenty of helpful information and good explanations of alternative therapies I might have dismissed as quacky before. I learned quite a bit.

What an excellent advocate for personal integrative medicine! Gordon's book is inspiring and is shifting my perspectives on how to achieve a healthier, satisfying life

James Gordon does not fail to write in a practical and convincing way about how we all can take better care of ourselves and live a healthier, longer life.

Okay-- it has some interesting information and data in its pages.