About the Authors

Dr. David Rakel started his career near the Teton Mountains in Driggs, Idaho, where he was in rural private practice for five years before completing a two-year residential fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. He was the founder and director of the University of Wisconsin Integrative Medicine Program and a tenured professor in the Department on Family Medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. He is now the professor and chair of the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque.

Dr. Rakel has received a number of teaching awards including the Baldwin E. Lloyd clinical teacher award, the UW Department of Family Medicine faculty excellence award, the Marc Hansen lecture award, the Resident Teacher-of-the-Year award, and the Leonard Tow award for compassionate care. He has also been accepted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

Author website available at davidrakel.com.

Susan Golant holds a master’s degree in French literature and has been collaborating on nonfiction books—mostly on biopsychosocial issues—since 1983. She has more than forty books to her credit including three with former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. She has been honored with several awards for her books from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Susan resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Dr. Mitch Golant.