Title
- Health And Medical Issues Today, 1558-7592
Attribution
Christine A. LarsonPublication Details
BookGreenwood Press2007Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) R733 .L37 2007 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Description
Alternative Medicine is organized to provide students and researchers with easy access to the information they need: Section 1 provides overview chapters on the background information needed to intelligently understand the issues and controversies surrounding complementary and alternative therapies, such as the theories that serve as the foundation for alternative treatments. This volume in the Health and Medical Issues Today series provides everything a student requires to understand the issues involved in alternative medicine and serves as a springboard for further research into the issue. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Contents
- The origins of alternative medicine
- The theories underlying alternative medicine
- The business of alternative medicine
- Why consumers seek alternative treatments
- Do alternative therapies work?
- Should alternative medicine be regulated by the government?
- Should managed care provide coverage for alternative therapies?
- Pharmaceuticals versus alternative therapies
- Culture and health : who bears responsibility for health and healthcare?
- The future of health and healthcare
- Annotated primary source documents
- Alternative medicine timelines
- Glossary
ISBN
- 0313337187
- 9780313337185
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