Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Structures and Safeguards

Informationen zum Autor Geraldine Lee-Treweek is Lecturer in Health Studies at the Open University! UK. 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 Part 1: CAM Organisation: Safety and Standards 1. Knowledge, names, fraud and trust, Geraldine Lee-Treweek 2. Education and training in CAM, Lorraine Williams, Julie Stone and Geraldine Lee-Treweek 3. Regulation and control, Geraldine Lee Treweek 4. Political power and professionalisation, Mike Saks and Geraldine Lee-Treweek 5. Homoeopathy: principles, practice and controversies, Phil Nicholls, Geraldine Lee-Treweek and Tom Heller Part 2: Researching CAM 6. A critical look at orthodoxy medical approaches, Tom Heller, Dick Heller and Gavin Yamey 7. Understanding research, Hilary MacQueen, Sheena Murdoch and Andrew Vickers 8. Researching CAM interventions, Tom Heller 9. Evaluating CAM practice, Tom Heller, Dione Hills and Elaine Weatherly-Jones

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• Authors: Tom Heller, Heller Tom, Geraldine Lee-Treweek, Geraldine Heller Lee-Treweek, Lee-Treweek Geraldine, Hilary MacQueen, MacQueen Hilary, Sue Spurr, Spurr Sue, Julie Stone, Stone Julie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.2005
• EAN: 9780415351638
• ISBN: 978-0-415-35163-8
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, complementary medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies