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Orthodox and alternative medicine [[electronic resource] ] : politics, professionalization and health care / / Mike Saks



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Autore: Saks Mike Visualizza persona
Titolo: Orthodox and alternative medicine [[electronic resource] ] : politics, professionalization and health care / / Mike Saks Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, c2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource ([vi], 194 p.)
Disciplina: 362.10941
Soggetto topico: Alternative medicine - Great Britain - History
Alternative medicine - United States - History
Medical care - Great Britain - History
Medical care - United States - 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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-88010-5
1-4462-6536-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790387303321
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