"The doctor will see you now." Six words that strike fear into the hearts of many of us. This book, Patient Sedation Without Medication was written to help healthcare professionals help their patients overcome the anxiousness they feel when undergoing medical tests and procedures-without traditional medication. Authors Elvira Lang, MD-one of the world's leading experts in procedure hypnosis-and Eleanor Laser, PhD-clinical psychologist and international advocate of procedure hypnosis-drew on extensive controlled research with more than 700 patients, and 17 years of field experience in writing Patient Sedation Without Medication. "Lang and Laser really get it; patients' fears, their helplessness when caught in the midst of medical procedures, and the huge need of patients to be treated with dignity and respect." -Judy Foreman, Nationally Syndicated Health Columnist