Contemporary Oriental Medicine: Methodology

Following on from Concepts, the first book in his Contemporary Oriental Medicine series, Dr. Hammer presents Methodology: an essential examination of the full diagnostic and management process. He focuses on the three key stages - Acquisition, Assessment, and Management - and describes each using a complete and thorough case history.Methodology follows one patient, from her initial interview to her treatment plan and beyond, and describes in great detail the reasons, explanations, and importance of every step of the process. Highlighting Dr. hammer's focus on each patient as an individual, and the necessity of determining the true root of each condition, Methodology provides an invaluable guidebook to any practitioner of Oriental medicine. It offers a framework to allow practitioners to understand better the information they gather from patients, and multiple ways they can increase and enhance the quality and quantity of that information. Whatever your style of medicine, you will find this book a vital companion and the key to many of the puzzles of practice.

Oliver originally trained as a massage therapist and then went on to study acupuncture and Chinese medicine as a four year full-time degree at the world renowned International College of Oriental Medicine (ICOM), this was followed by a fifth year of further training and research earning him an honours degree. Training at ICOM included extensive training in medical science, as well as both Five Element acupuncture and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), and this is the only college in the world to also teach the ancient system known as Stems & Branches.Some of Oliver's post-graduate training includes: Chinese herbs, on-going study and development of Chinese pulse diagnosis with Dr. Leon Hammer, and even facial rejuvenation acupuncture.Oliver also trained in CranioSacral Therapy to an advanced level with the Upledger Institute, is co-author of a medical textbook on Chinese pulse diagnosis, and is a member of the International Association of Healthcare Practitioners, the British Acupuncture Council, and the ACSTA - the only CranioSacral Therapy Association recognized by the therapy's founder and developer Dr. John Upledger.Oliver has taken a sabbatical from private practice to spend more time working with Dr. Hammer and the non-profit Foundation that preserves his work and educates the Chinese medicine profession. He co-authored the first book in this series, Contemporary Oriental Medicine Concepts, and has almost finished the third in this series, Contemporary Oriental Medicine Lifestyles.