Alternative therapies : expanding options in health care /
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| 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 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Alternative Therapies: Why Now? / Wilbert M. Gesler and Rena J. Gordon
- 2. The Definitional Dilemma of Alternative Medicine / Barbara Cable Nienstedt
- 3. The Federal Approach to Alternative Medicine: Co-opting, Quackbusting, or Complementing? / Barbara Cable Nienstedt
- 4. The Power of the State / Leonard D. Baer and Charles M. Good, Jr.
- 5. Paradigms and Politics: Redux of Homeopathy in American Medicine / Kristen S. Borre and James L. Wilson
- 6. Marketing Channels for Alternative Health Care / Rena J. Gordon and Gail Silverstein
- 7. The Regional Distribution of Alternative Health Care / Alan Rice Osborn
- 8. Demand for Alternative Therapies: The Case of Childbirth / Dona Schneider
- 9. Social and Cultural Aspects of Alternative Therapies / Jill M. Hyatt and Mary M. Hale
- 10. Building Medical Systems at the Household Level / Clarissa T. Kimber
- 11. Redefining the Healing Process: Healer-Client Relationships in Alternative Medicine / Joan D. Koss-Chioino
- 12. Rediscovering Nightingale: Back to the Future / Barbara Stevens Barnum
- 13. Biomedical Physicians Practicing Holistic Medicine / Ronald L. Caplan and Wilbert M. Gesler
- 14. Medical Education: Changes and Responses / Evan W. Kligman. Case Study / Jerry M. Calkins
- 15. Alternative Therapies: Quo Vadis? / Rena J. Gordon
- Glossary of Alternative Practices / Barbara Cable Nienstedt.
