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Alternative medicine and ethics / edited by James M. Humber and Robert F. Almeder.
Holman Biotech Commons R724 .B493 1988, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Biomedical ethics reviews 0742-1796 ; 1998.
- Biomedical ethics reviews, 0742-1796 ; 1998
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical ethics.
- Alternative medicine.
- Naturopathy.
- Health insurance--United States.
- Health insurance.
- Holistic medicine.
- United States.
- Holistic medicine--United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Leading bioethicists and philosophers examine and debate the question of how the health care system should deal with using complimentary and alternative medicines. The distinguished authorities writing here both defend and criticize alternative medicine, with some arguing that the medical system should change substantially in order to accommodate alternative medicine, and others claiming that virtually all alternative treatments are worthless. In the heat of the debate many fundamental issues are raised concerning our health care system, among them the questions of therapeutic effectiveness, media truthfulness, the patient's freedom to choose among treatment options, health insurance coverage, the ability of the current healthcare delivery system to meet patients' needs, and government approval of alternative medicines.
- Contents:
- "Alternative" medicine: more hype than hope / Stephen Barrett
- Understanding the integration of alternative modalities into an emerging healthcare model in the United States / Vimal Patel
- Healthcare plans as gatekeepers: alternative medicine / Grace Powers Monaco and Gilbert Smith
- Insurance coverage for complementary and alternative medicine: access, challenges, and policy / S. Mitchell Weitzman
- Legal and ethical dilemmas surrounding prayer as a method of alternative healing for children / G. Steven Neeley
- Alternative medicine: ethical challenges for the profession of pharmacy / John K. Crellin.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliograhical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0896034402
- OCLC:
- 38542335
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