Healthcare in the U.S. is changing. Tens of millions of North Americans use alternative healthcare each year. But the "alternative" infrastructure and the way healthcare is delivered in the U.S. isn't alternative at all. It uses new modalities with the same old infrastructure and methods: top-down, and doctor-expert to passive patient.

Keenly aware of this dilemma, Tel Franklin, M.D., developed a revolutionary "patient-centered" approach to personal health that utilizes a process called Appreciative Dialogue to transform a person's relationship with his own health. Appreciative Dialogue empowers patients to envision optimal health and then to coordinate treatment and healthcare options with physicians and other health practitioners in a clearly understood, integrated way.

"Expect a Miracle-You Won't Be Disappointed! "helps to shift thinking from the traditional disease/diagnosis/treatment model to a more positive, generative, and proactive optimal health paradigm. The workbook leads the reader through inventorying and recording the varied elements that contribute to a personal experience of health. Sections deal with self-awareness and spiritual aspects, and encourage reflection on one's experience of a range of nurturing modalities including:

" Chinese Medicine/Acupuncture

" Ayurveda

" Chiropractic

" Exercise

" Herbs/Botanicals

" Hypnosis

" Massage

" Naturopathy

" Yoga

The reader is led easily and logically to devising an optimal health plan that comprises appropriate treatments and remedies. Illuminating anecdotes and an attractive layout make this a unique workbook that anyone desiring more control over their own health will much appreciate.

TelFranklin, M.D., is an award-winning Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and educator in the field of integrative medicine. He developed the Appreciative Dialogue approach to healthcare that fosters a partnership between patient and practitioner to achieve optimal heal