Sarah Cant, Ursula Sharma

A New Medical Pluralism

Complementary Medicine, Doctors, Patients And The State

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Produktbeschreibung

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This comparative text examines the rise of non-orthodox medicine and theorizes the changing nature of health care in modern societies. It engages with sociological debates on modernity and postmodernity, anthropological work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 137mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781857285116
• ISBN-10: 1857285115
• Artikelnr.: 22189016

Autorenporträt

Roehampton Institute London and University of Derby

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 A new medical pluralism?
Chapter 2 The nature of user demand: from patient to consumer?
Chapter 3 From "alternative" to "complementary": revival and transformation
Chapter 4 Biomedical responses to alternative medicine
Chapter 5 Government responses: the refiguring of expertise
Chapter 6 Collaboration between doctors and alternative therapists: integration or medical dominance?
Chapter 7 Conclusion: do we have a new medical pluralism?