| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 275 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Alternative therapies : why now? / Wilbert M. Gesler, Rena J. Gordon -- Definitional dilemma of alternative medicine / Barbara Cable Nienstedt -- Federal approach to alternative medicine : co-opting, quackbusting, or complementing? / Leonard D. Baer, Charles M. Good, Jr. -- Paradigms and politics : redux of homeopathy in american medicne / Kristen S. Borre, James L. Wilson -- Marketing channels for alternative health care / Rena J. Gordon, Gail Silverstein -- Regional distribution of alternative health care / Alan Rice Osborn -- Demand for alternative therapies : the case of childbirth / Dona Schneider -- Social and cultural aspects of alternative therapies / Jull M. Hyatt, Mary M. Hale -- Building medical systems at the household level / Clarissa T. Kimber -- Redefining the healing process : healer-client relationships in alternative medicine / Joan D. Koss-Chioino -- Rediscovering nightingale : back to the future / Barbara Stevens Barnum -- Biomedical physicians practicing holistic medicine / Ronald L. Caplan, Wilbert M. Gesler -- Medical education : changes and responses / Evan W. Kligman -- Case study / Jerry M. Calkins -- Alternative therapies : Quo Vadis? / Rena J. Gordon |
| Summary |
In this volume, an interdisciplinary team of scholars and social scientists address the reasons and ramifications of the increasing utilization of alternative and complementary medicine. The book provides a scholarly and theoretical discussion of salient issues within this new field. Topics discussed include:.: the changing medical market place; political and legal aspects of practice; influential cultural factors; clinical and educational issues; and much more. The many case examples and vignettes that appear throughout the text illustrate how alternative health care relates to everyday life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Alternative medicine.
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Medical care -- Utilization.
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Complementary Therapies -- trends
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Complementary Therapies
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Alternative Therapies.
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MEDICAL -- Healing.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healing.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Healing -- General.
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Alternative medicine
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Medical care -- Utilization
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gordon, Rena J.
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Nienstedt, Barbara Cable.
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Gesler, Wilbert M., 1941-
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| ISBN |
9780826117298 |
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0826117295 |
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