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YATwenty-first Century Medical Library series.
The books in this series offer overviews of their subjects. Using mostly secondary sources, Billitteri's well-documented book largely succeeds in balancing the helpful potential of such therapies as naturopathy and spiritual techniques with the potential ineffectiveness and danger. Harris's largely undocumented volume describes symptoms, cause, treatments, and history. A few black-and-white photos illustrate the workmanlike prose. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these Twenty-first Century Medical Library titles: Alternative Medicine and Sickle Cell Disease.]