LEADER 03376nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910825590103321 005 20230617023008.0 010 $a1-283-90441-1 010 $a1-84642-644-8 035 $a(CKB)111087028266976 035 $a(EBL)290969 035 $a(OCoLC)191039104 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000169621 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11149745 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169621 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10203641 035 $a(PQKB)11698304 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC290969 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL290969 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10064433 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421691 035 $a(OCoLC)54768746 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087028266976 100 $a20040109d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHealth, the individual, and integrated medicine $erevisiting an aesthetic of health care /$fDavid Aldridge 205 $a1st American ed. 210 $aNew York ;$aLondon $cJessica Kingsley Publishers$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4175-0075-1 311 $a1-84310-232-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMaking and taking health care decisions -- Lifestyle, charismatic ideology and a praxis aesthetic -- The clinical assessment of acupuncture for asthma -- Of ethics and education: strategies for curriculum development -- Aesthetics and the individual in the practice of medical research -- Clinical research, the individual patient, and the limits of randomized controlled trials -- A community approach to cancer in families -- Music therapy references relating to cancer and palliative care -- Music therapy and spirituality: a transcendental understanding of suffering -- Prayer and spiritual healing in medical settings -- A qualitative research perspective on healing -- The breath in healing -- Music therapy and neurological rehabilitation: recognition and the performed body in an ecological niche -- Guidelines for clinical research. 330 $aHow do we decide on the most effective way to heal ourselves or our patients? Complementary therapies are a vital part of any integrated approach to health which incorporates specialist and layperson knowledge. In this book, David Aldridge examines cultural understandings of illness and medicines. He provides a critique of orthodox methods used to assess treatment, and advocates a more pluralistic approach to medical research and practice, encompassing the physical, psychological, spiritual and social dimensions of a person's life. To assess medical research in a range of situations, Aldridge 606 $aAlternative medicine 606 $aIntegrated delivery of health care 606 $aMedical anthropology 606 $aMedicine$xResearch$xPhilosophy 615 0$aAlternative medicine. 615 0$aIntegrated delivery of health care. 615 0$aMedical anthropology. 615 0$aMedicine$xResearch$xPhilosophy. 676 $a615.5 700 $aAldridge$b David$f1947-$01090250 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825590103321 996 $aHealth, the individual, and integrated medicine$94051529 997 $aUNINA