Complementary and alternative medicine : challenge and change /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kelner, Merrijoy, Wellman, Beverly
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Harwood Academic, [2000]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The culture of fitness and the growth of CAM
  • Conceptions of the body in CAM
  • Reasons for using CAM
  • The therapeutic relationship under fire
  • The characteristics of CAM users : a complex picture
  • Changes in characteristics of CAM users over time
  • Social networks and mass media : the 'diffusion' of CAM
  • Partners in illness : who helps when you are sick?
  • Assessing the evidence base for CAM
  • Rethinking models of health and illness behaviour
  • Incorporating symbolic, experiential and social realities into effectiveness research on CAM
  • Medical pluralism and the future of CAM
  • Professionalization, politics and CAM
  • Research as a tool behaviour for integrative health services reform