Alternative therapies : expanding options in health care / [edited by] Rena J. Gordon, Barbara Cable Nienstedt, Wilbert M. Gesler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gordon, Rena J.

Nienstedt, Barbara Cable.

Gesler, Wilbert M., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative medicine.

Medical care--Utilization.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume, an interdisciplinary team of scholars and social scientists address the reasons and ramifications of the increasing utilization of alternative and complementary medicine. The book provides a scholarly and theoretical discussion of salient issues within this new field. Topics discussed include:.: the changing medical market place; political and legal aspects of practice; influential cultural factors; clinical and educational issues; and much more. The many case examples and vignettes that appear throughout the text illustrate how alternative health care relates to everyday life.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; List of Figures; PART I: Introduction; PART II: Politics and the Law; PART III: The Changing Medical Marketplace; PART IV: The Culture Complex; PART V: Toward Complementary Medicine; References; Glossary of Alternative Practices; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-80600-5

9786611806002

0-8261-1729-5

OCLC:

476261764