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Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) have become big
business both in Australia and other western countries. Alongside
the growing consumption and provision of CAM has emerged a small
but significant body of research literature exploring these
medicines.
Nevertheless, CAM research is in its infancy and there is a real
and urgent need for further capacity building in this area of
study. CAM remains heavily under-researched and the growing number
of private and University CAM courses and qualifications
acknowledge and address this need for further research capacity
building. With this context in mind, this book constitutes a
valuable and timely resource for those looking to understand,
initiate and expand CAM research.
The collection brings together leading international CAM
researchers (UK, Germany, Canada, New Zealand and Australia) with
backgrounds and expertise in health social science, statistics,
qualitative methodology, general practice, clinical trials
methodology, clinical pharmacology, health services research and
public health. Contributors draw upon their own CAM research work
and experience to explain and review core methods and research
issues pertinent to the contemporary field of CAM and its future
development. The book addresses such questions as: what is the use
and limitation of evidence in CAM research? What are the issues
facing practitioners (GPs, therapists, nurses, etc) who wish to
conduct research? How and why should qualitative methods be
combined alongside quantitative methods to help explore CAM? How
does the randomized control trial (RCT) method relate to CAM? What
types of research questions relating to CAM can be addressed by
variousmethods? What should be the future direction of CAM research
in terms of public health and policy-related agendas?
Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) has become big
business internationally, in particular with regards to a range of
women's health issues. With this context in mind, Women's Health
and Complementary and Integrative Medicine constitutes a valuable
and timely resource for those looking to understand, initiate and
expand CIM research and evidence-based debate with regards to a
wide range of women's health care issues. The collection brings
together leading international CIM researchers from Australia, the
USA, the UK, Germany and Canada, with backgrounds and expertise in
health social science, statistics, qualitative methodology, clinial
trial design, clinical pharmacology, health services research and
public health. Contributors draw upon their own CIM research work
and experience to explain and review core research and practice
issues pertinent to the contemporary field of CIM and its future
development with regards to women's health. The book outlines the
core issues, challenges and opportunities facing the CIM-women's
health field and its study and will provide insight and inspiration
for those practising, studying and/or researching the contemporary
relations between CIM and women's health and health care.
The use and practice of traditional, complementary and/or
integrative medicine (TCIM) raises significant questions, poses
many challenges and holds much potential for the broad fields of
public health and health services research.This book brings
together leading international researchers with backgrounds and
expertise across broad multi-disciplinary sub-fields including
health social science, biostatistics, clinical pharmacology,
implementation science, health geography and health economics.
Contributors draw upon their research and experience to explain and
review core research and practice issues on TCIM and its future
development.The book offers a rounded understanding of the current
and future possibilities associated with the TCIM-public health and
health services research interface and provides an essential
overview of the broad evidence-base emerging in this area of
research, policy and practice. Individual chapters employ specific
case studies, featuring particular medicines/therapies, and
focusing upon a number of health care settings and environments
including general practice, community pharmacy, hospital
specialisms as well as community-based private practice and
self-care.
With new methods of treatment standardisation resulting in various
benefits for patient outcomes, evidence-based medicine and
evidence-based practice have emerged as defining features of
western healthcare provision in recent years. Most health
professions are now adopting some form of 'evidence-based'
framework for clinical training and practice. However, the rise of
evidence-based healthcare has drawn sustained criticism regarding
the limits of trial based evidence, the reductive character of
epidemiological study designs, and the potential for an erosion of
the importance of lay perspectives and clinical judgement.
Evidence-Based Healthcare in Context introduces readers to the
social, cultural and historical underpinnings of 'evidence' in
healthcare, critically examining questions about what constitutes
'evidence' and 'effectiveness' from perspectives outside medicine,
including those of patients, complementary medicine and midwifery.
It focuses on the application of contemporary theoretical debates
around the nature of medical and health knowledge, providing
readers with a series of critical analyses of the production,
application and translation of 'evidence' in a range of healthcare
contexts. Featuring cutting edge work from leading social
scientists in the UK, US, Canada, Norway, Australia and New
Zealand, this volume draws on the latest empirical research to
provide a thorough critical overview of this important field of
health research.
With new methods of treatment standardisation resulting in various
benefits for patient outcomes, evidence-based medicine and
evidence-based practice have emerged as defining features of
western healthcare provision in recent years. Most health
professions are now adopting some form of 'evidence-based'
framework for clinical training and practice. However, the rise of
evidence-based healthcare has drawn sustained criticism regarding
the limits of trial based evidence, the reductive character of
epidemiological study designs, and the potential for an erosion of
the importance of lay perspectives and clinical judgement.
Evidence-Based Healthcare in Context introduces readers to the
social, cultural and historical underpinnings of 'evidence' in
healthcare, critically examining questions about what constitutes
'evidence' and 'effectiveness' from perspectives outside medicine,
including those of patients, complementary medicine and midwifery.
It focuses on the application of contemporary theoretical debates
around the nature of medical and health knowledge, providing
readers with a series of critical analyses of the production,
application and translation of 'evidence' in a range of healthcare
contexts. Featuring cutting edge work from leading social
scientists in the UK, US, Canada, Norway, Australia and New
Zealand, this volume draws on the latest empirical research to
provide a thorough critical overview of this important field of
health research.
This book explores the historical, social, political and
cultural facets of integration between complementary and
alternative medicine and nursing/midwifery. It examines the
ever-expanding integration in relation to:
- the role and conceptualization of the patient
- the role and responsibilities of different professional
healthcare providers (nurses, midwives, alternative therapists,
etc)
- the future provision and approach of nursing and midwifery
practice
- the challenges and opportunities currently facing healthcare
systems as a result of integration.
This innovative book provides the first critical overview of
this important field of health research. It is important reading
for medical sociologists, nurses and other health professionals -
as well as students in these areas - with an interest in
complementary and alternative medicine.
Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) has become big
business internationally, in particular with regards to a range of
women's health issues. With this context in mind, Women's Health
and Complementary and Integrative Medicine constitutes a valuable
and timely resource for those looking to understand, initiate and
expand CIM research and evidence-based debate with regards to a
wide range of women's health care issues. The collection brings
together leading international CIM researchers from Australia, the
USA, the UK, Germany and Canada, with backgrounds and expertise in
health social science, statistics, qualitative methodology, clinial
trial design, clinical pharmacology, health services research and
public health. Contributors draw upon their own CIM research work
and experience to explain and review core research and practice
issues pertinent to the contemporary field of CIM and its future
development with regards to women's health. The book outlines the
core issues, challenges and opportunities facing the CIM-women's
health field and its study and will provide insight and inspiration
for those practising, studying and/or researching the contemporary
relations between CIM and women's health and health care.
This timely reflection on isolation brings together the best of a
beloved genre, featuring an array of desert cartoons done in the
signature single-panel style of a New Yorker cartoon. Whether
you're feeling marooned in too-close quarters with a loved one, are
frantically dreaming up ways to escape from your own quarantine
island, or are simply feeling nostalgic for palm trees and sand,
these cartoons are sure to make you smile-and we could all use a
laugh right now. Drawn from a diverse collection of contributors,
these humorous drawings are an essential addition to any coffee
table collection, and bring a much-needed dose of levity to the
circumstances we all find ourselves in.
This book explores the historical, social, political and
cultural facets of integration between complementary and
alternative medicine and nursing/midwifery. It examines the
ever-expanding integration in relation to:
- the role and conceptualization of the patient
- the role and responsibilities of different professional
healthcare providers (nurses, midwives, alternative therapists,
etc)
- the future provision and approach of nursing and midwifery
practice
- the challenges and opportunities currently facing healthcare
systems as a result of integration.
This innovative book provides the first critical overview of
this important field of health research. It is important reading
for medical sociologists, nurses and other health professionals -
as well as students in these areas - with an interest in
complementary and alternative medicine.
Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) has become big
business. Alongside the increased consumption of complementary
medicine and the swelling numbers of complementary health
practitioners has emerged a growing interest in these medicines and
therapies from within the ranks of conventional primary health
care. At the level of practice and beyond, a culture of
confrontation and antagonism has begun to be replaced by a focus
upon potential integration, collaboration and common ground.With
these significant developments in mind, this ground-breaking book
is a valuable and timely addition to the CIM and primary health
care research literature. The collection outlines the core issues,
challenges and opportunities facing the CIM-primary health care
interface and its study and will provide insight and inspiration
for those practising, studying and researching the contemporary
relations between CIM and primary health care.The book is the first
to be authored by leading international CIM-primary health care
researchers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, including
health social science, statistics, qualitative methodology, general
practice, clinical trials design, clinical pharmacology, health
services research and public health. All contributors are active
CIM-primary health care researchers and their extensive research
and practice experience helps lend a unique immediacy and richness
to the contributions and collection.
There is a rapidly emerging and developing area of music therapy
practice that uses electronic music technologies in a range of
therapeutic and clinical settings to help clients with complex
needs. This edited volume explains cutting edge technologies and
how to apply these tools in practice. With contributions from
leading experts in the field, the book takes the reader through the
equipment that is available including computer-based software;
electronic devices which produce musical sounds with minimal
movement or skill; assistive devices such as switches and sensors;
and recording and listening equipment. Clinical case studies are
then offered that show these technologies being used successfully
with a broad range of child and adult populations, including those
with visual impairments, autism spectrum disorders, medical needs,
physical challenges, and mental health issues, and within a variety
of settings, including a neonatal intensive care unit, schools,
hospital environments, and palliative care settings. The final
section looks toward the future and examines philosophical and
theoretical perspectives on the use of technology and its
relationship to aesthetics, gender and identity. This book will be
a key resource for all music therapists, special needs educators,
and professionals from the field of assistive technology, as well
as allied health professionals such as occupational therapists and
speech and language therapists.
This book is an account of the schooner Fairweather's
circumnavigation, San Francisco to San Francisco, a world cruise
that began by sailing down the west coast of Mexico, and then by
sailing west: across the South Seas, the East Indies, the Indian
Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean, and then back
up the west coast of Mexico. The cruise lasted four years, from
March 1961 to April 1965. This account is based on the journal that
Suttie Adams kept during the cruise, supplemented with details from
Fairweather's logbook and 38 original photos. During the four years
of the cruise, the Fairweather sailed 35,566 miles, spent 349 days
at sea, and visited 103 ports. Was it a successful cruise? Well,
many of the original crew were still aboard when Fairweather sailed
back under the Golden Gate and into San Francisco Bay. Those few
who left the schooner during the cruise never left willingly, with
the possible exception of Bill Adams, the original captain, but let
Suttie tell that story.
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Alfie Dalfie (Paperback)
Jon Adams; Illustrated by Anatol Adams
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Discovery Miles 3 820
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Bird Tales (Paperback)
Jon Adams; Illustrated by Anatol Adams
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Discovery Miles 2 470
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The six stories and twelve illustrations of Bird Tales are intended
for five to nine year olds. The book attempts to present the world
as children see it, and at the same time, to make them more aware
of birds and the natural world they live in. Bird Tales Why the
Blue Heron is Blue Why the Kingfisher is King Why the Woodpecker
Pecks Why the Cuckoo says Cuckoo Why the Crow says Caw Caw Why the
Blackbird Sings
Roots of American Environmentalism With an Introduction, Notes, and
Critical Commentary Roots of American Environmentalism is an
anthology that explores the various attitudes toward land and its
use from the American colonial period to the end of the nineteenth
century. The major focus is on the differing concepts of "land,"
"wilderness," and "nature" and the way they are represented in
historical texts. In order to facilitate access to the historical
text, each is provided with a commentary that focuses on its
significance for environmental issues. In selecting the texts
included here, the editors have concentrated on three major
archetypes in the attitudes toward the American environment: the
primitive, as represented in James Fenimore Cooper's frontier hero,
Natty Bumppo, the pastoral, as represented in Jonathan Chapman,
better known as Johnny Appleseed, and the commercial, as
represented in Washington Irving's restless Yankee, Ichabod Crane.
The Cruise of the Jest is the story of a 16-year-old boy who sails
a 35-foot boat alone around the world. Although fiction, the story
is based on the author's experience.
Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) have become big
business both in Australia and other western countries. Alongside
the growing consumption and provision of CAM has emerged a small
but significant body of research literature exploring these
medicines.
Nevertheless, CAM research is in its infancy and there is a real
and urgent need for further capacity building in this area of
study. CAM remains heavily under-researched and the growing number
of private and University CAM courses and qualifications
acknowledge and address this need for further research capacity
building. With this context in mind, this book constitutes a
valuable and timely resource for those looking to understand,
initiate and expand CAM research.
The collection brings together leading international CAM
researchers (UK, Germany, Canada, New Zealand and Australia) with
backgrounds and expertise in health social science, statistics,
qualitative methodology, general practice, clinical trials
methodology, clinical pharmacology, health services research and
public health. Contributors draw upon their own CAM research work
and experience to explain and review core methods and research
issues pertinent to the contemporary field of CAM and its future
development. The book addresses such questions as: what is the use
and limitation of evidence in CAM research? What are the issues
facing practitioners (GPs, therapists, nurses, etc) who wish to
conduct research? How and why should qualitative methods be
combined alongside quantitative methods to help explore CAM? How
does the randomized control trial (RCT) method relate to CAM? What
types of research questions relating to CAM can be addressed by
variousmethods? What should be the future direction of CAM research
in terms of public health and policy-related agendas?
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