Alternative therapies : expanding options in health care /

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Imprint:New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., ©1998.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 275 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11185291
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Other authors / contributors:Gordon, Rena J.
Nienstedt, Barbara Cable.
Gesler, Wilbert M., 1941-
ISBN:9780826117298
0826117295
0826111645
9780826111647
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Alternative therapies. New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., ©1998 0826111645 9780826111647