Complementary and alternative medicine
Subtitle: challenge and change
By: editors, Merrijoy Kelner and Beverly Wellman ; associate editors, Bernice Pescosolido, Mike Saks.
Contributors: Kelner, Merrijoy; Wellman, Beverly Sheila, 1943-; Pescosolido, Bernice A.; Saks, Mike.
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Alternative medicine.; Complementary Therapies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Why CAM Now?; title: Chapter 1 The Culture of Fitness and the Growth of CAM; title: Michael S. Goldstein; title: Chapter 2 Conceptions of the Body in CAM; title: Bonnie B. O' Connor; title: Chapter 3 Reasons for Using CAM; title: Adrian Furnham and Charles A.Vincent; title: Chapter 4 The Therapeutic Relationship Under Fire; title: Merrijoy Kelner; title: Section 2 Use and Availability of CAM; title: Chapter 5 The Characteristics of Cam Users: A Complex Picture; title: John A. Astin; title: Chapter 6 Changes in Characteristics of CAM Users Over Time; title: Regis Blais; title: Chapter 7 Social Networks and Mass Media: The 'Diffusion'; title: of CAM; title: Tom W. Valente; title: Chapter 8 Partners in Illness: Who Helps When You Are Sick?; title: Beverly Wellman; title: Section 3 Researching CAM; title: Chapter 9 Assessing the Evidence Base for CAM; title: Edzard Ernst; title: Chapter 10 Rethinking Models of Health and Illness Behaviour; title: Bernice A. Pescosolido; title: Chapter 11 Incorporating Symbolic, Experiential and Social Realities; title: into Effectiveness Research on CAM; title: Deborah C. Glik; title: Section 4 The Future of CAM; title: Chapter 12 Medical Pluralism and the Future of CAM; title: Ursula Sharma; title: Chapter 13 Professionalization, Politics and CAM; title: Mike Saks; title: Chapter 14 Research as a Tool Behaviour for Integrative Health; title: Services Reform; title: Allan Best and Deborah C. Glik; title: Index.