Healing, Hype Or Harm? - A Critical Analysis of Complementary Or Alternative Medicine

Klappentext The scientists, academics and practitioners writing this book are not 'against' complementary or alternative medicine (CAM), but they are very much 'for' evidence-based medicine and single standards. They aim to counter-balance the many uncritical books on CAM and to stimulate intelligent, well-informed public debate. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: 1. What is CAM?! 2 Why is CAM so popular; General issues: 1 Evidence in healthcare - what it is! and how we get it! 2 Reclaiming compassion! 3 Teaching CAM at university level! 4 Healing but not curing: alternative medical therapies should be considered part of New Age spirituality! 5 Research on CAM: the importance and frailty of impartiality! 6 An amateur's view of the CAM scene! CAM in court; Specific issues: 1 Ethics and CAM! 2 Politics and CAM! 3 Integrated medicine?! 4 Homeopathy in context! 5 Chiropractic: Science! religion or political movement?! 6 Concepts of holism in orthodox and alternative medicine! 7 Vitalism is dead: long live vitalism! 8 Placebo! deceit and CAM! 9 CAM and the media! 10 Patient choice.

Product details

• Authors: Edzard Ernst, Professor Edzard Ernst
• Assisted by: Edzard Ernst (Editor), Professor Edzard Ernst (Editor)
• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2008
• EAN: 9781845401184
• ISBN: 978-1-84540-118-4
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: SOCIETAS; Societas
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine