02722nam 2200613Ia 450 991096579290332120251117003205.01-281-80600-597866118060020-8261-1729-5(CKB)1000000000704965(EBL)423254(OCoLC)476261764(SSID)ssj0000101633(PQKBManifestationID)11131466(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101633(PQKBWorkID)10043167(PQKB)10872812(MiAaPQ)EBC423254(Au-PeEL)EBL423254(CaPaEBR)ebr10265520(iGPub)SPCB0000015(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 J1895538Nienstedt Barbara Cable1895539Gesler Wilbert M.1941-1895540MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965792903321Alternative therapies4548500UNINA