Book Review- John Wilks

Book Review : In the modern medical model, we can be prone to focusing on the disease process when treating our patients. With recent applications of holistic or integrative medicine, we are beginning to understand the importance of treating all aspects of a person: mind, body, and spirit. An Integrative Approach to Treating Babies and Children explores the use of such an approach on one of the most vulnerable populations, our babies. The book is made up of essays written by specialists in their fields that tackle common issues like excessive crying and recurring illness. Approaches for treatment of the entire family are described, as infants are of course a part of a family unit and should not be considered isolated patients. As a new parent myself, I have found the information in this book to be not only helpful in my practice as a new nurse, but also in caring for my infant daughter.