Alternative therapies [[electronic resource] ] : expanding options in health care / / [edited by] Rena J. Gordon, Barbara Cable Nienstedt, Wilbert M. Gesler

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Springer Pub. Co., c1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.5
• Soggetto topico: Alternative medicine; Medical care - Utilization
• Altri autori: GordonRena J NienstedtBarbara Cable GeslerWilbert M. <1941->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Alternative therapies
• ISBN: 1-281-80600-5; 9786611806002; 0-8261-1729-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782675403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II