Alternative Medicines : Popular and Policy Perspectives Paperback / softback
Edited by J. Warren Salmon
Part of the Routledge Revivals series
Paperback / softback
Description
Originally published in 1984, and now reissued with a new Preface, this was the first systematic and evaluative investigation of the holistic health movement – the first to put its contribution and limitations in both historical and current perspectives.
The book answers two essential questions: how do alternative medicines challenge the tenets of conventional scientific medicine; and could a synthesis of these alternative medicines and scientific medicine lead to a reformulation of conceptions of healing?
A historical survey of medical care up to the use of scientific medicine in the 19th and 20th Centuries is followed by chapters on different traditions of alternative medicine: homeopathy, chiropractic, non-medical and spiritual healing, oriental medicine and self-care.
Each considers the historical roots and development of the particular alternative medicine; describes its principles and how they relate to mainstream medicine.
The concluding chapter considers social policy implications and political issues.
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Pre-Order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:324 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:01/06/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032280059
Information
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Pre-Order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:324 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:01/06/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032280059
