Alternative medicine /
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| Imprint: | Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012. |
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| Description: | 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Opposing viewpoints Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8953818 |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Alternative medicine / |c Lynn M. Zott, book editor. |
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| 300 | |a 257 p. : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a Opposing viewpoints | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Chapter 1. |t Does alternative medicine work? -- |t Homeopathic medicine is effective / |r Dana Ullman -- |t Homeopathic medicine is ineffective / |r Edzard Ernst -- |t Sham acupuncture's effectiveness casts doubt on the efficacy of real acupuncture / |r Ted Burnham -- |t Acupuncture is effective despite research showing that sham acupuncture is helpful / |r John Amaro -- |t Chelation therapy is a safe and effective treatment for many conditions / |r Elmer M. Cranton -- |t Chelation therapy is dangerous and ineffective for treating most health problems / |r Saul Green -- |g Chapter 2. |t Why is alternative medicine popular? -- |t Politics and culture contribute to alternative medicine's popularity / |r Rahul Parikh -- |t The popularity of alternative medicine is exaggerated / |r Brennen McKenzie -- |t The prevalence of complementary treatments reflects frustration with traditional medicine / |r Lauren Cox -- |t Celebrities influence public interest in alternative treatments that can be detrimental / |r Liz Szabo -- |g Chapter 3. |t Can alternative and conventional medicine work together? -- |t The need for improvements in health care highlights the advantages of integrative medicine / |r Donald Berwick (and Andrea M. Schultz, Samantha M. Chao, J. Michael McGinnis) -- |t A complementary medical treatment approach can lower health care costs / |r Kathleen Koster -- |t A complementary approach to medicine helps patients and is scientifically sound / |r David Katz -- |t Complementary medicine is scientifically unsound and only increases provider profits / |r Ben Kavoussi -- |t Doctors can and should regularly use ethically prescribed placebo treatments / |r Steve Silberman -- |t Placebo treatment can have harmful as well as beneficial effects / |r Eliezer Sobel -- |g Chapter 4. |t How should government research and regulate alternative medicine? -- |t The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine should be funded / |r National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- |t The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine should not be funded / |r David Gorski -- |t The value of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine is unclear / |r David Brown -- |t Expanding labeling requirements would better inform consumers about safe supplement use / |r The Office of Senator Dick Durbin -- |t Expanding labeling requirements for dietary supplements would punish consumers and manufacturers / |r Hank Schultz and Todd Runestad. |
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