Conway, Peter.

The consultation in phytotherapy : the herbal practitioner's approach to the patient, diagnosis, and treatment / Peter Conway ; foreword by Simon Y. Mills. - Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, c2011. - xiii, 410 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Phytotherapy in context -- The therapeutic relationship in phytotherapy -- Aims and structure of the consultation -- On profiling and diagnosis : appreciating the patient's predicament -- History-taking : hearing the patient's story -- Physical examination and clinical investigation : other ways of knowing -- Concluding the consultation and providing ongoing care : coherence and continuity.

9780443074929 (hbk.) 0443074925 (hbk.)


Herbs--Therapeutic use.
Medical consultation.
Herbalists.

615.321 / CON 2011