Alternative Medicines

Name: Alternative Medicines
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Popular and Policy Perspectives

By: J. Warren Salmon (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 June 2024 | Edition Number 1

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324 Pages

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21.6 x 13.8

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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 19^th and 20^th 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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'Burton writes in a lucid, straightforward style.' Mary Gyarfas, Social Science Review

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