Alternative Medicines: Popular and Policy Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781032279879 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 324 str.

J. Warren Salmon

Opis

Originally published in 1984, this was the first systematic and evaluative investigation of the holistic health movement – the first to put is contribution and limitations in both historical and current perspectives.

Recenzje

'Burton writes in a lucid, straightforward style.' Mary Gyarfas, Social Science Review

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Scientific Medicine Since Flexner 2. Homeopathy 3. Chiropractic 4. Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Holistic System 5. Indigenous Systems of Healing: Questions for Professional, Popular and Folk Care  6. Psychic Healing 7. Alternative Medicine and the Medical Encounter in Britain and the United States Rosemary 8. Holistic Health Centers in the United States  9. Defining Health and Reorganizing Medicine.