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Author Cant, Sarah, 1965-

Title A new medical pluralism? : alternative medicine, doctors, patients, and the state / Sarah Cant and Ursula Sharma
Published London : UCL Press ; New York, NY : Distributed in North America by Garland Pub., 1999

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 226 pages)
Contents Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 A new medical pluralism?; CHAPTER 2 The nature of user demand: from patient to consumer?; CHAPTER 3 From "alternative" to "complementary": revival and transformation; CHAPTER 4 Biomedical responses to alternative medicine; CHAPTER 5 Government responses: the refiguring of expertise; CHAPTER 6 Collaboration between doctors and alternative therapists: integration or medical dominance?; CHAPTER 7 Conclusion: do we have a new medical pluralism?; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary This comparative text examines the rise of non-orthodox medicine and theorizes the changing nature of health care in modern societies. It engages with sociological debates on modernity and postmodernity, anthropological work
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-220) and index
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Subject Alternative medicine -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
Medical policy -- Great Britain
Medical care.
Medical policy.
Complementary Therapies
Delivery of Health Care
Health Policy
Holistic Health
Patient Care
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Alternative Therapies.
MEDICAL -- Healing.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healing.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Healing -- General.
Medical care
Alternative medicine -- Social aspects
Medical policy
SUBJECT United Kingdom
Subject Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Sharma, Ursula, 1941-
ISBN 0203024974
9780203024973
9781857285109
1857285107
9781857285116
1857285115