ROBBIE DAVIS-FLOYD is a research fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, and a medical anthropologist. She is the author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage and co-editor of Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Cyborg Babies: From Techno-Sex to Techno-Tots.GLORIA ST. JOHN has been involved in the business end of health care for 25 years and has served as executive director of the MetaPhysicians.

• ForewordIntroductionPart I. The Technocratic Paradigm1. The Technocratic Model of Medicine2. Medical Training as Technocratic InitiationPart II. The Humanistic and Holistic Paradigms3. The Humanistic Model of Medicine4. The Holistic Model of MedicinePart III. The Paradigm Shift5. Catalysts for Transformation6. The Transformative JourneyPart IV. Living Holism7. Practicing Holistic Medicine in a Technocratic Society8. Visions for the Future of MedicineAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

"Rich and extensive interview excerpts bring the theoretical issues to life throughout the book. One is witness, in part to the process, in part to the product of a shamanic journey and ideological conversionÙthough one more of inclusion than of exclusion. . . . Highly recommended as [a] text in American ethnomedicine." (Medical Anthropology Quarterly) "A fine resource for medical students, doctors, and medical educators." - Bernie Siegel, M.D. "The path one takes from being a doctor to embracing the fullness of our heritage as healers always leads right back to our own hearts. This book describes the journey and the terrain in all its many facets." - Christiane Northrup M.D. (author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom) "A valuable map of the complex medical revolution that is slowly affecting us all." - David Hess (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) "Rich and extensive interview excerpts bring the theoretical issues to life throughout the book. One is witness, in part to the process, in part to the product of a shamanic journey and ideological conversionÙthough one more of inclusion than of exclusion. . . . Highly recommended as [a] text in American ethnomedicine." (Medical Anthropology Quarterly) "A fine resource for medical students, doctors, and medical educators." - Bernie Siegel, M.D. "The path one takes from being a doctor to embracing the fullness of our heritage as healers always leads right back to our own hearts. This book describes the journey and the terrain in all its many facets." - Christiane Northrup M.D. (author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom) "A valuable map of the complex medical revolution that is slowly affecting us all." - David Hess (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

ROBBIE DAVIS-FLOYD is a research fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, and a medical anthropologist. She is the author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage and co-editor of Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Cyborg Babies: From Techno-Sex to Techno-Tots.GLORIA ST. JOHN has been involved in the business end of health care for 25 years and has served as executive director of the MetaPhysicians.

• ForewordIntroductionPart I. The Technocratic Paradigm1. The Technocratic Model of Medicine2. Medical Training as Technocratic InitiationPart II. The Humanistic and Holistic Paradigms3. The Humanistic Model of Medicine4. The Holistic Model of MedicinePart III. The Paradigm Shift5. Catalysts for Transformation6. The Transformative JourneyPart IV. Living Holism7. Practicing Holistic Medicine in a Technocratic Society8. Visions for the Future of MedicineAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

"Rich and extensive interview excerpts bring the theoretical issues to life throughout the book. One is witness, in part to the process, in part to the product of a shamanic journey and ideological conversionÙthough one more of inclusion than of exclusion. . . . Highly recommended as [a] text in American ethnomedicine." (Medical Anthropology Quarterly) "A fine resource for medical students, doctors, and medical educators." - Bernie Siegel, M.D. "The path one takes from being a doctor to embracing the fullness of our heritage as healers always leads right back to our own hearts. This book describes the journey and the terrain in all its many facets." - Christiane Northrup M.D. (author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom) "A valuable map of the complex medical revolution that is slowly affecting us all." - David Hess (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) "Rich and extensive interview excerpts bring the theoretical issues to life throughout the book. One is witness, in part to the process, in part to the product of a shamanic journey and ideological conversionÙthough one more of inclusion than of exclusion. . . . Highly recommended as [a] text in American ethnomedicine." (Medical Anthropology Quarterly) "A fine resource for medical students, doctors, and medical educators." - Bernie Siegel, M.D. "The path one takes from being a doctor to embracing the fullness of our heritage as healers always leads right back to our own hearts. This book describes the journey and the terrain in all its many facets." - Christiane Northrup M.D. (author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom) "A valuable map of the complex medical revolution that is slowly affecting us all." - David Hess (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

ROBBIE DAVIS-FLOYD is a research fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, and a medical anthropologist. She is the author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage and co-editor of Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Cyborg Babies: From Techno-Sex to Techno-Tots.GLORIA ST. JOHN has been involved in the business end of health care for 25 years and has served as executive director of the MetaPhysicians.

• ForewordIntroductionPart I. The Technocratic Paradigm1. The Technocratic Model of Medicine2. Medical Training as Technocratic InitiationPart II. The Humanistic and Holistic Paradigms3. The Humanistic Model of Medicine4. The Holistic Model of MedicinePart III. The Paradigm Shift5. Catalysts for Transformation6. The Transformative JourneyPart IV. Living Holism7. Practicing Holistic Medicine in a Technocratic Society8. Visions for the Future of MedicineAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

"Rich and extensive interview excerpts bring the theoretical issues to life throughout the book. One is witness, in part to the process, in part to the product of a shamanic journey and ideological conversionÙthough one more of inclusion than of exclusion. . . . Highly recommended as [a] text in American ethnomedicine." (Medical Anthropology Quarterly) "A fine resource for medical students, doctors, and medical educators." - Bernie Siegel, M.D. "The path one takes from being a doctor to embracing the fullness of our heritage as healers always leads right back to our own hearts. This book describes the journey and the terrain in all its many facets." - Christiane Northrup M.D. (author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom) "A valuable map of the complex medical revolution that is slowly affecting us all." - David Hess (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) "Rich and extensive interview excerpts bring the theoretical issues to life throughout the book. One is witness, in part to the process, in part to the product of a shamanic journey and ideological conversionÙthough one more of inclusion than of exclusion. . . . Highly recommended as [a] text in American ethnomedicine." (Medical Anthropology Quarterly) "A fine resource for medical students, doctors, and medical educators." - Bernie Siegel, M.D. "The path one takes from being a doctor to embracing the fullness of our heritage as healers always leads right back to our own hearts. This book describes the journey and the terrain in all its many facets." - Christiane Northrup M.D. (author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom) "A valuable map of the complex medical revolution that is slowly affecting us all." - David Hess (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)