Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Informationen zum Autor Tom Heller, Geraldine Lee-Treweek, Jeanne Katz, Julie Stone, Sue Spurr Zusammenfassung This book explores the challenging issues associated with CAM in the context of the social, political and cultural influences that shape people's health. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Tom Lee-Treweek Heller
• Assisted by: Heller Tom (Editor), Katz Jeanne (Editor), Lee-Treweek Geraldine (Editor), Spurr Sue (Editor), Julie Stone (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2005
• EAN: 9780415351614
• ISBN: 978-0-415-35161-4
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, complementary medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies