Written by a nurse and approved by a respected professional association of nurses, this holistic self-care guide offers a blend of traditional, alternative, and complementary advice that works in conjunction with a doctor's care for nearly twenty serious chronic conditions, from allergies and diabetes to Parkinson's and cancer. It reviews the whole picture in terms of a patient's options and recovery, offering traditional medical advice, advising on side effects of treatment and preventative measures, and offering a host of measures that can be tried in conjunction with traditional prescriptions and treatments. Carolyn Chambers Clark, ARNP, EdD, HNC (Englewood, FL), is founder of The Wellness Institute and serves on the Health Services Doctoral Faculty at Walden University. She is certified as a holistic nurse by the American Holistic Nurses' Certification Corporation. Clark has published widely on complementary, holistic, and self-care topics.

CAROLYN CHAMBERS CLARK, ARNP, EdD, HNC, is on the Health Services Doctoral Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Clark founded The Wellness Institute and currently serves on the advisory board for the American Association of Integrative Medicine. She is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing as well as an award-winning author who has published widely on complementary, holistic, and self-care topics.