Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine and cancer care
Subtitle: an international analysis of grassroots integration
By: Philip Tovey, John Chatwin, and Alex Broom.
Contributors: Chatwin, John.; Broom, Alex.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780415359931; 9780415359948
Subjects: Cancer -- Alternative treatment -- Cross-cultural studies; Complementary Therapies -- Australia; Complementary Therapies -- Great Britain; Complementary Therapies -- Pakistan; Neoplasms -- therapy -- Australia; Neoplasms -- therapy -- Great Britain; Neoplasms -- therapy -- Pakistan; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Australia; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Great Britain; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Pakistan; Self-Help Groups -- Australia; Self-Help Groups -- Great Britain; Self-Help Groups -- Pakistan
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Cancer Care provides the first in-depth exploration of the role patient support groups play in the provision of CAM in the UK and Australia. It also looks at the utilisation of non-biomedical treatments in Pakistan focusing on the role of informal social networks."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.