Alternative Medicines - Popular and Policy Perspectives

Originally published in 1984, this was the first systematic and evaluative investigation of the holistic health movement - the first to put is contribution and limitations in both historical and current perspectives.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Scientific Medicine Since Flexner 2. Homeopathy 3. Chiropractic 4. Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Holistic System 5. Indigenous Systems of Healing: Questions for Professional, Popular and Folk Care 6. Psychic Healing 7. Alternative Medicine and the Medical Encounter in Britain and the United States Rosemary 8. Holistic Health Centers in the United States 9. Defining Health and Reorganizing Medicine.

About the author

J. Warren Salmon was Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Hospital Administration and Health Care.

Summary

Originally published in 1984, this was the first systematic and evaluative investigation of the holistic health movement – the first to put is contribution and limitations in both historical and current perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: J. Warren Salmon
• Assisted by: J. Warren Salmon (Editor), Salmon J. Warren (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032280059
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3228005-9
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Alternative therapies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS / Herbal Medications, HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Homeopathy, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, complementary medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies