Description: "Today, being a health consumer encompasses more than being knowledgeable about traditional medicine and health practice; it also requires one be well-informed about the expanding field of complementary and alternative medicine. Consumer Health and Integrative Medicine: A Holistic View of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices expands upon the many alternative modalities that other consumer health texts overlook. It includes chapters on major alternative medicine systems and healing modalities, including Ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, naturopathy, homeopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine, massage, reflexology, and herbals/botanicals. The authors' mission is to help readers increase their knowledge base and become informed consumers"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Dr. Synovitz obtained a degree in nursing (registered nurse) in 1964 and worked for 12 years in various nursing positions. She then continued her education with degrees from Western Illinois University (WIU): a bachelor's degree in School Health Education with a minor in Art Education in 1981 and a master's degree in health sciences in 1985. From 1981 to 1985, Dr. Synovitz taught at Robert Morris College in Carthage, Illinois teaching in the Medical Assisting and Applied Sciences Associate Degree program. 'From 1985 to 1989, she taught at WIU in the Department of Health Sciences. From there, she moved to Ohio and obtained a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction/Health Education from Kent State University in 1993 wherein she was awarded with Dissertation of the Year in the College of Education. Her next four years were spend teaching at Northern Illinois University and then a move to Hammond, Louisiana where Dr. Synovitz taught for 22 years in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Southeastern Louisiana University where she served as undergraduate and graduate coordinator and as a university Senator.Dr. Synovitz has received many honors during her undergraduate and master's years, and as a professional. She was member of Eta Sigma Gamma, (health sciences professional honorary) and was awarded their Scholarship Key. 'While a student at WIU, she was awarded the Dorothy R. Hansen Scholarship, the W.I. Taylor Health Science Scholarship, the WIU College of Health, Physical Education, Recreation Foundation Scholarship, and was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. During her years as a professor at Southeastern Louisiana University, she was the recipient of the LAHPERD Scholar Award, the National Honor Award as the representative of the Southern District Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (SDAHPERD; the Distinguished Service Award from American School Health''