Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780415351614 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 446 str.

Opis

Starting from the premise that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a fascinating and fast-changing area of social life, this book explores challenging issues associated with CAM.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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