02201nam 2200493 a 450 991046245000332120200520144314.01-283-88010-51-4462-6536-6(CKB)2670000000204244(EBL)1023956(OCoLC)823717093(MiAaPQ)EBC1023956(OCoLC)809969721(StDuBDS)EDZ0000067529(Au-PeEL)EBL1023956(CaPaEBR)ebr10567132(CaONFJC)MIL419260(EXLCZ)99267000000020424420120405d2003 fy 0engur|n|---|||||Orthodox and alternative medicine[electronic resource] politics, professionalization and health care /Mike SaksLondon SAGEc20031 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4462-1160-6 1-4129-0153-7 Includes bibliographical references (p.[163]-183) and index.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; IndexDrawing 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.MedicineGreat BritainHistoryAlternative medicineGreat BritainHistoryElectronic books.MedicineHistory.Alternative medicineHistory.362.1/0941Saks Mike151563StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910462450003321Orthodox and alternative medicine472102UNINA