Alternative Medicines - Popular and Policy Perspectives (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Release date:	June 2022
First published:	1984
Editors:	J.Warren Salmon
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-227987-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > General Promotions
LSN:	1-03-227987-7
Barcode:	9781032279879

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