02539nam 2200589 a 450 991079038730332120161219111525.01-283-88010-51-4462-6536-6(CKB)2670000000204244(EBL)1023956(OCoLC)823717093(MiAaPQ)EBC1023956(OCoLC)809969721(StDuBDS)EDZ0000067529(Au-PeEL)EBL1023956(CaPaEBR)ebr10567132(CaONFJC)MIL419260(OCoLC)797836117(FINmELB)ELB136039(EXLCZ)99267000000020424420120405d2003 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOrthodox and alternative medicine[electronic resource] politics, professionalization and health care /Mike SaksLondon SAGEc20031 online resource ([vi], 194 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.Alternative medicineGreat BritainHistoryAlternative medicineUnited StatesHistoryMedical careGreat BritainHistoryMedical careUnited StatesHistoryAlternative medicineHistory.Alternative medicineHistory.Medical careHistory.Medical careHistory.362.10941Saks Mike151563StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910790387303321Orthodox and alternative medicine472102UNINA