Title: Health, the individual, and integrated medicine
Description: How do we decide on the most effective way to heal ourselves or our patients? Complementary therapies are a vital part of any integrated approach to health which incorporates specialist and layperson knowledge. In this book, David Aldridge examines cultural understandings of illness and medicines. He provides a critique of orthodox methods used to assess treatment, and advocates a more pluralistic approach to medical research and practice, encompassing the physical, psychological, spiritual and social dimensions of a person's life. To assess medical research in a range of situations, Aldridge.
Subjects: Psychology, Philosophy, Research, Patient Care, Esthetics, Alternative medicine, Medicine, Biomedical Research, Integrated delivery of health care, Complementary Therapies, Medical anthropology, Creative Therapy (Eg Art, Music, Drama), Personal & Public Health, HEALTH & FITNESS, Alternative Therapies, MEDICAL, Healing, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT, General