The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine : Accommodating Pluralism - Daniel Callahan

The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Accommodating Pluralism

By: Daniel Callahan (Editor)

Paperback | 13 January 2004

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At the center of the debate over complementary and alternative medicine-from acupuncture and chiropractic treatments to homeopathy and nutritional supplements-is how to scientifically measure the effectiveness of a particular treatment. Fourteen scholars from the fields of medicine, philosophy, sociology, and cultural and folklore studies examine that debate, and the clash between growing public support and the often hostile stance of clinicians and medical researchers.

Proponents and critics have different methodologies and standards of evidence-raising the question of how much pluralism is acceptable in a medical context-particularly in light of differing worldviews and the struggle to define medicine in the modern world. The contributors address both the methodological problems of assessment and the conflicting cultural perspectives at work in a patient's choice of treatment. Sympathetic to CAM, the contributors nonetheless offer careful critiques of its claims, and suggest a variety of ways it can be taken seriously, yet subject to careful scrutiny.

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Highly recommend[ed] ... as a resource for all researchers and investigators, academics and scholars, and students both favorable or opposed to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). This thought-provoking and exciting book is unparalleled in the field. It offers food for intellectual thought and meets the need for elucidating critical yet balanced discourse on the meaning and therapeutic values and efficacy of CAM. Doody's Review Service Although many books are available about CAM, this books makes its mark because it explores the relationship between CAM and conventional medicine. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy

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