Alternative Medicines : Popular and Policy Perspectives EPUB
Edited by J. Warren Salmon
Part of the Routledge Revivals series
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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 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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- Pages:324 pages
- Publisher:Taylor and Francis
- Publication Date:12/08/2022
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- ISBN:9781000596939
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:324 pages
- Publisher:Taylor and Francis
- Publication Date:12/08/2022
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- ISBN:9781000596939