Alternative therapies : expanding options in health care /
Imprint: | New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c1998. |
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Description: | xvii, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3762100 |
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 many case examples and vignettes that appear throughout the text illustrate how alternative health care relates to everyday life. The book serves as a primer for an array of health professionals and students as well as provides new insights to those familiar with alternative health practices. |
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Physical Description: | xvii, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index. |
ISBN: | 0826111645 |