Alternative Medicines (eBook)

Popular and Policy Perspectives

J. Warren Salmon (Herausgeber)

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2022
328 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-1-000-59688-5 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.8.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
• ISBN-10: 1-000-59688-5 / 1000596885
• ISBN-13: 978-1-000-59688-5 / 9781000596885