A New Medical Pluralism

Complementary Medicine, Doctors, Patients And The State

Sarah Cant, Ursula Sharma (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

236 Seiten

1998
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-85728-511-6 (ISBN)

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This comparative text examines the rise of non-orthodox medicine and theorizes the changing nature of health care in modern societies. It engages with sociological debates on modernity and postmodernity, anthropological work.

Roehampton Institute London and University of Derby

Chapter 1 A new medical pluralism?; Chapter 2 The nature of user demand: from patient to consumer?; Chapter 3 From “alternative” to “complementary”: revival and transformation; Chapter 4 Biomedical responses to alternative medicine; Chapter 5 Government responses: the refiguring of expertise; Chapter 6 Collaboration between doctors and alternative therapists: integration or medical dominance?; Chapter 7 Conclusion: do we have a new medical pluralism?;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.1998
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	260 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-85728-511-5 / 1857285115
ISBN-13	978-1-85728-511-6 / 9781857285116
Zustand	Neuware