The Handbook of Alternative and Complementary Medicine - The Most Authoritative and Complete Guide to Alternative Medicine (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)

Complementary medicine has become so popular over the past few years that in the UK alone there are now more alternative practitioners than GP's. Extensively rewritten, expanded, and updated, to take account of this dramatic increase, this new edition is an authoritative and complete guide to alternative medicine in the UK and internationally. The result of extensive research, this handbook examines the developing social position of aternative medicine, including legal, political, scientific, educational, and demographic aspects, and considers why people choose complimentary therapies, how many do so, and what happens during and after their treatment. For each therapy, there is a concise review of the theoretical, practical, and research aspects, written in collaboration with a leading practitioner. The book also includes an invaluable resource guide, covering all the significant colleges, professional bodies, and societies in this area of medicine (over 250 organizations), as well as an extensive glossary and bibliography. Charting the growing level of interest among medical professionals and the general public, the coverage of research has been expanded in this third edition, and

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1996
Editors:	Stephen Fulder (Director, Consultancy and Research on Biomedicine)
Dimensions:	242 x 165 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	340
Edition:	3rd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-262669-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > Acupuncture Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > Homoeopathy Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Alternative therapies, healing & health Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > Traditional medicine & remedies > Chinese medicine Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > General Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Alternative therapies, healing & health
LSN:	0-19-262669-8
Barcode:	9780192626691

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