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Record Nr.

UNINA9910632469003321

Autore

Ernst E (Edzard)

Titolo

Alternative Medicine : A Critical Assessment of 202 Modalities / / by Edzard Ernst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783031107108

9783031107092

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 pages)

Collana

Copernicus Books, Sparking Curiosity and Explaining the World, , 2731-8990

Disciplina

615.5

Soggetti

Medical sciences

Alternative medicine

Clinical health psychology

Bioethics

Medical economics

Health Sciences

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Health Psychology

Health Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Why Evidence -- The Attractiveness of Alternative Medicine -- The Unattractiveness of Alternative Medicine -- Ethical Problems in Alternative Medicine -- Other Issues -- Diagnostic Techniques -- Medicines and Oral Treatments -- Physical Therapies -- Other Therapies -- Umbrella Terms.

Sommario/riassunto

Alternative medicine (AM) is popular; about 40% of the US general population have used alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%. The global market is expected to reach nearly US $ 200 billion by 2025, with most of these funds coming directly out of consumers’ pockets. Consumers are bombarded with misleading and false information on AM and therefore prone to making wrong, unwise, or dangerous therapeutic decisions, endangering their



health and wasting their money. This book is a reference text aimed at guiding consumers through the maze of AM. This second edition includes over 50 additional treatments as well as updates on many others. .