Description |
xx, 180 pages ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
Foreword: the end(s) of scientific medicine? / Bryan S. Turner -- Introduction / Philip Tovey, Gary Easthope and Jon Adams -- 1. Consumption as activism: an examination of CAM as part of the consumer movement in health / Melinda Goldner -- 2. Health as individual responsibility: possibilities and personal struggle / Kahryn Hughes -- 3. Evidence-based medicine and CAM / Evan Willis and Kevin White -- 4. The regulation of practice: practitioners and their interactions with organisations / Kevin Dew -- 5. The corporatisation and commercialisation of CAM / Fran Collyer -- 6. Integration and paradigm clash: the practical difficulties of integrative medicine / Ian Coulter -- 7. CAM practitioners and the professionalisation process: a Canadian comparative case study / Heather Boon, Sandy Welsh, Merrijoy Kelner and Beverley Wellman -- 8. Demarcating the medical/non-medical border: Occupational boundary-work within GPs' accounts of their integrative practice / Jon Adams |
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9. CAM and nursing: from advocacy to critical sociology / Jon Adams and Philip Tovey -- Postscript / Philip Tovey, Gary Easthope and Jon Adams |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Alternative medicine -- Social aspects.
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Alternative medicine -- History.
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Sociology, Medical.
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Complementary Therapies -- trends.
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Author |
Tovey, Philip, 1963-
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Adams, Jon, 1971-
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Easthope, Gary.
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LC no. |
2002037124 |
ISBN |
0415266998 : |
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0415267005 paperback |
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