Orthodox and alternative medicine : politics, professionalization, and health care / / Mike Saks
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| Autore: |
Saks Mike
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| Titolo: |
Orthodox and alternative medicine : politics, professionalization, and health care / / Mike Saks
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2003 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2003 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource ([vi], 194 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.1/0941 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medicine - Great Britain - History |
| Alternative medicine - Great Britain - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p.[163]-183) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Drawing 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Orthodox and alternative medicine |
| ISBN: | 1-283-88010-5 |
| 1-4462-6536-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809257703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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