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UNINA9910816941503321 |
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Titolo |
Alternative therapies : expanding options in health care / / [edited by] Rena J. Gordon, Barbara Cable Nienstedt, Wilbert M. Gesler |
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New York, NY, : Springer Pub. Co., c1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-80600-5 |
9786611806002 |
0-8261-1729-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GordonRena J |
NienstedtBarbara Cable |
GeslerWilbert M. <1941-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Alternative medicine |
Medical care - Utilization |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; List of Figures; PART I: Introduction; PART II: Politics and the Law; PART III: The Changing Medical Marketplace; PART IV: The Culture Complex; PART V: Toward Complementary Medicine; References; Glossary of Alternative Practices; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this volume, an interdisciplinary team of scholars and social scientists address the reasons and ramifications of the increasing utilization of alternative and complementary medicine. The book provides a scholarly and theoretical discussion of salient issues within this new field. Topics discussed include:.: the changing medical market place; political and legal aspects of practice; influential cultural factors; clinical and educational issues; and much more. The many case examples and vignettes that appear throughout the text illustrate how alternative health care relates to everyday life. |
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