02687nam 2200601Ia 450 991081694150332120240430163440.01-281-80600-597866118060020-8261-1729-5(CKB)1000000000704965(EBL)423254(OCoLC)476261764(SSID)ssj0000101633(PQKBManifestationID)11131466(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101633(PQKBWorkID)10043167(PQKB)10872812(MiAaPQ)EBC423254(Au-PeEL)EBL423254(CaPaEBR)ebr10265520(EXLCZ)99100000000070496519970915d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlternative therapies expanding options in health care /[edited by] Rena J. Gordon, Barbara Cable Nienstedt, Wilbert M. Gesler1st ed.New York, NY Springer Pub. Co.c19981 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8261-1164-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.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; IndexIn 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.Alternative medicineMedical careUtilizationAlternative medicine.Medical careUtilization.615.5615.5Gordon Rena J1679409Nienstedt Barbara Cable1679410Gesler Wilbert M.1941-1679411MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816941503321Alternative therapies4047598UNINA