Reviews

Healing and the Mind by Bill Moyers

lynitab's review against another edition

3.0

This is an older book, so much of the discussion about the mind/body link, meditation etc. was nothing new. The chapter on immunology and its connection to the mind made reading the whole book worth while. the reference to people with split personality disorder manifesting different diseases in there different personalities amazing. This book does not suggest that people should abandon conventional western medicine, but it does imply that leaving the mind out of the healing process is like going to a battle with only a few bullets in your gun chamber.

canadianbookworm's review

3.0

Moyers interviews a number of experts in the field of holistic medicine, finding out how they came to where they are in their practice, what they see as the realities of their practice and what are the issues. This was interesting, and the fact that it was written 15 years ago made it interesting to see advances, or lack thereof, in the different areas.