Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
Subtitle: an international reader
By: editor-in chief, Jon Adams ; co-editors, Gavin Andrews ... [et al.].
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780230232655
Subjects: Collected Works; Integrative Medicine; Complementary Therapies; Traditional Medicine
Description: "A ground-breaking collection of contemporary TCIM literature featuring respected research articles alongside fresh material. Bringing together the perspectives of a diverse range of international practitioners and academics, it provides essential guidance, insight and inspiration for those embarking upon study, practice or research in this field"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Consists of articles reprinted from various sources.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction / J. Adams, G. J. Andrews, J. Barnes, A. Broom & P. Magin; title: PART I: UTILISATION: POPULATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS; title: Section I: Profile, Demographics and Motivations for Complementary and Alternative Medicine UseIntroduction / J.Adams, G. J. Andrews, J. Barnes, A. Broom & P. Magin; title: The Profile of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Users and Reasons for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use / G. J. Andrews, J. Adams, J. Segrott & C. W. Lui; title: Relief, Risk and Renewal: Mixed Therapy Regimens in an Australian Suburb / L.Connor; title: Utilising Existing Data Sets to Investigate Complementary and Alternative Medicine Consumption / D. S. ibbritt  & J. Adams; title: Section II: Complementary and Alternative Medicine through the Life-cycle Introduction / J.Adams, G. J. Andrews, J. Barnes, A. Broom & P.Magin; title: Women's Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine During Pregnancy / J.Adams, C. W. Lui, D. Sibbritt, A. Broom, J. Wardle, C. Homer, A. Steel & S.Beck; title: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use amongst Infants, Children and Adolescents; D.Adams, K. Kemper & S. Vohra; title: 'Getting on with Life': The Experience of Older People using Complementary Health Care / T.Cartwright; title: Section III: Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine and Disease Context Introduction / J. Adams, G. J. Andrews, J. Barnes, A. Broom & P.Magin; title: Topical and Oral Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Acne / P. Magin, J. Adams, D. Pond & W.S mith; title: Patient Decision-making About Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Management / L.Balneaves, L. Weeks & D. Seely; title: Mental Health and Complementary and Alternative Medicine / J. Sarris & J.Lake; title: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among HIV-positive People / R. Littlewood & P. Vanable Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine and Well-being; title: R. Harvey; title: PART II: PRACTICE, PROVISION AND THE PROFESSIONAL INTERFACESection IV: Traditional Medicine in ContextIntroduction / J. Adams, G. J. Andrews, J. Barnes, A. Broom & P. Magin; title: Bio-politics and the Promotion of Traditional Herbal Medicine in Vietnam / A. Wahlberg; title: The Inequalities of Medical Pluralism; A.Broom, A. Doron &  P.Tovey; title: In the Presence of Biomedicine: Ayurveda, Medical Integration and Health Seeking in Mysore, South India / T.Nisula; title: Section V: Exploring the Complementary and Alternative Medicine-conventional Medicine InterfaceIntroduction / J. Adams, G. J. Andrews, J. Barnes, A. Broom & P. Magin; title: They Don't Ask So I Don't Tell Them: Patient-clinician Communication about Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine B. / Shelley, A.Sussman, R. Williams, A. Segal & B. Crabtree (on behalf of the RIOS Net Clinicians); title: The Ethics of Dietary Supplements and Natural Health Products in Pharmacy Practice / H. Boon, K. Hirschkorn, G. Griener & M.Cali; title: Nostalgic and Nostophobic Referencing and the Authentication of Nurses' Use of Complementary Therapies / P.Tovey &  J. Adams; title: Section VI: Integrative Medicine Introduction / J. Adams, G. J. Andrews, J. Barnes, A.Broom & P.Magin; title: Variations in Provider Conceptions of Integrative Medicine / A.Hsiao, G. Ryan, R. Hays, I. Coulter, R. Anderson & N. Wenger; title: Which Medicine? Whose Standard? Critical Reflections on Medical Integration in C.