03436nam 2200649Ia 450 991045584860332120200520144314.01-283-90441-11-84642-644-8(CKB)111087028266976(EBL)290969(OCoLC)191039104(SSID)ssj0000169621(PQKBManifestationID)11149745(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169621(PQKBWorkID)10203641(PQKB)11698304(MiAaPQ)EBC290969(Au-PeEL)EBL290969(CaPaEBR)ebr10064433(CaONFJC)MIL421691(OCoLC)54768746(EXLCZ)9911108702826697620040109d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHealth, the individual, and integrated medicine[electronic resource] revisiting an aesthetic of health care /David Aldridge1st American ed.New York ;London Jessica Kingsley Publishers20041 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4175-0075-1 1-84310-232-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Making and taking health care decisions -- Lifestyle, charismatic ideology and a praxis aesthetic -- The clinical assessment of acupuncture for asthma -- Of ethics and education: strategies for curriculum development -- Aesthetics and the individual in the practice of medical research -- Clinical research, the individual patient, and the limits of randomized controlled trials -- A community approach to cancer in families -- Music therapy references relating to cancer and palliative care -- Music therapy and spirituality: a transcendental understanding of suffering -- Prayer and spiritual healing in medical settings -- A qualitative research perspective on healing -- The breath in healing -- Music therapy and neurological rehabilitation: recognition and the performed body in an ecological niche -- Guidelines for clinical research.How do we decide on the most effective way to heal ourselves or our patients? Complementary therapies are a vital part of any integrated approach to health which incorporates specialist and layperson knowledge. In this book, David Aldridge examines cultural understandings of illness and medicines. He provides a critique of orthodox methods used to assess treatment, and advocates a more pluralistic approach to medical research and practice, encompassing the physical, psychological, spiritual and social dimensions of a person's life. To assess medical research in a range of situations, Aldridge Alternative medicineIntegrated delivery of health careMedical anthropologyMedicineResearchPhilosophyElectronic books.Alternative medicine.Integrated delivery of health care.Medical anthropology.MedicineResearchPhilosophy.615.5Aldridge David1947-851777MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455848603321Health, the individual, and integrated medicine2103174UNINA