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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809257703321

Autore

Saks Mike

Titolo

Orthodox and alternative medicine : politics, professionalization, and health care / / Mike Saks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2003

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2003

ISBN

1-283-88010-5

1-4462-6536-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ([vi], 194 p.)

Disciplina

362.1/0941

Soggetti

Medicine - Great Britain - History

Alternative medicine - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[163]-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Health Care in the Pre-Industrial Era; Chapter 2 - The Rise of the Medical Profession and Orthodox Biomedicine; Chapter 3 - The Marginalization of Alternative Medicine; Chapter 4 - The Development of a Medical Counter-Culture; Chapter 5 - Health Policy, Professionalization and the State; Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the wider experience of other Western and Eastern countries, this book explores the interface between orthodox medicine and alternative medicine in Britain and the United States, outlining the development of these separate categories of medicine from a relatively undifferentiated past.