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1st Edition

Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Edited By Tom Heller, Geraldine Lee-Treweek, Jeanne Katz, Julie Stone, Sue Spurr Copyright 2005
464 Pages
by Routledge

462 Pages
by Routledge

462 Pages
by Routledge
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This book explores the challenging issues associated with complementary and alternative medicine in the context of the social, political and cultural influences that shape people's health. Divided clearly into three sections, this book: sets out the general context of social change, consumption and debate around the rise of public interest in CAM argues for and against different... Read more

1. Changing Perspectives  2. Can Complementary and Alternative Medicine be Classified?  3. Political and Historical Perspectives  4. Ethics in Complementary and Alternative Medicine  5. Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Mental Health  6. Understanding Health and Healing  7. Understanding Why People Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine  8. The Therapeutic Relationship and Complementary Alternative Medicine  9. Critical Issues in the Therapeutic Relationship  10. CAM in Supportive and Palliative Cancer Care  11. Traditional, Folk and Cultural Perspectives of CAM  12. Investigating Patterns of Provision and Use of CAM  13. Cash and CAM: The Private Sector and CAM Practice  14. Integration of CAM with Mainstream Services  15. Information Sources and Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Tom Heller, Geraldine Lee-Treweek, Jeanne Katz, Julie Stone, Sue Spurr

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