Health care in the US is changing. Tens of millions of North Americans use alternative health care every year. But the "alternative" infrastructure and the way healthcare is delivered in the US isn't alternative at all. It uses new modalities with the same old infrastructure and methods: top-down and doctor-expert to passive patient.
Keenly aware of this dilemma, Tel Franklin, M.D., developed a revolutionary "patient-centered" approach to personal health that utilizes a process called Appreciative Dialogue to transform a person's relationship with his or her own health. Appreciative Dialogue empowers patients to envision optimal health and then to coordinate treatment and healthcare options with physicians and other health practitioners in a clearly understood, integrated way.
Expect a Miracle - You Won't Be Disappointed! helps to shift thinking from the traditional disease/diagnosis/treatment model to a more positive, generative, and proactive optimal health paradigm. The workbook leads the reader through inventorying and recording the varied elements that contribute to a personal experience of health. Sections deal with self-awareness and spiritual aspects, and encourage reflection on one's experience of a range of nurturing modalities including:
- Chinese Medicine/Acupuncture
- Ayurveda
- Chiropractic
- Exercise
- Herbs/Botanicals
- Hypnosis
- Massage
- Naturopathy
- Yoga
The reader is led easily and logically to devising an optimal health plan that comprises appropriate treatments and remedies. Illuminating anecdotes and an attractive layout make this a unique workbook that anyone desiring more control over their own health will much appreciate.
Tel Franklin, M.D., is an award-winning Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and an educator in the field of integrative medicine. He developed the Appreciative Dialogue approach to health care that fosters a partnership between patient and practitioner to achieve optimal health - a transformation in the way medicine is practiced in the US He lives on the Monterey Peninsula in California.
Reader Review
Before I read Expect a Miracle I was in constant pain from a Worker's Comp injury. Everything required authorization by the insurance. I was referred to a surgeon who immediately wanted to operate to fuse two vertebrae in my neck. This terrified me but I felt trapped and limited in my choice of treatment options.
After I read Expect a Miracle by Tel Franklin, M.D. which explains both conventional and alternative treatments and how to develop "appreciative dialogue" with everyone involved in your "healing journey" I became empowered. I coordinated many different treatment options as suggested in his book. Through the workbook format of the book I was able to evaluate each option.
This book gave me control of my life again. Dr Franklin helps you to feel good about yourself, your choices in life and makes you aware of all the little miracles we experience in everyday life - the real priorities. I chose to have a successful surgery and am now considering acupuncture as an alternative to steroids for my son's asthma. This book is filled with so many positve success stories I recommend it to everyone. It is so uplifting you can't put it down and the workbook sections are easy, fun and insightful.
-Deborah Welch
Paperback: 150 pages
Publisher: Center for Appreciative Medicine (September, 2003)
Price: $24.00
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