02913nam 2200661 a 450 991078179840332120231119163213.01-283-22265-597866132226570-19-161382-70-19-156881-3(CKB)2550000000042941(EBL)784747(OCoLC)781614511(SSID)ssj0000542955(PQKBManifestationID)12253854(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542955(PQKBWorkID)10519531(PQKB)10555894(SSID)ssj0000631862(PQKBManifestationID)12272038(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631862(PQKBWorkID)10599457(PQKB)11182299(MiAaPQ)EBC430674(MiAaPQ)EBC784747(Au-PeEL)EBL430674(CaPaEBR)ebr10488421(CaONFJC)MIL322265(OCoLC)744617132(Au-PeEL)EBL784747(EXLCZ)99255000000004294120071023d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlternative medicine?[electronic resource] a history /Roberta BivinsOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (369 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-921887-0 0-19-954376-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; dedication; Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Introduction: 'Rival Systems of Medicine'?; 1. 'What is this Burning?'; 2. Health and The New Science'; 3. 'The Chinese Have a Great Deal of Wit'; 4. With our Western Brethren, the Case Seems to be Quite Different'; Conclusion: Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the (Im)Patient-Consumer; FURTHER READING; NOTES; INDEXWalk into the local health food shop or pick up today's paper and the chances are that you'll see adverts for acupuncture and herbal medicine, hypnotists and homeopaths. Some doctors and scientists mourn the lost lustre of mainstream medicine and complain about a new breed of 'irrational' consumer. But what exactly is 'alternative' medicine? Is the astonishing popularity of alternative and multicultural medicine really such a recent development? And, given the success story of modern biomedical science, why are alternative and traditional treatments now so fashionable? Has the impersonal chillAlternative medicineHistoryAlternative medicineHistory.615.509Bivins Roberta E.1970-693278MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781798403321Alternative medicine3817254UNINA