Rosalynn A. Vega

Physicians of the Future

Doctor-Influencers, Patient-Consumers, and the Business of Functional Medicine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first scholarly exploration of the forums, practice, and economics of functional medicine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781477328682
• ISBN-10: 1477328688
• Artikelnr.: 68937346

Autorenporträt

Rosalynn A. Vega is an associate professor of medical anthropology at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the author of Nested Ecologies: A Multilayered Ethnography of Functional Medicine and No Alternative: Childbirth, Citizenship, and Indigenous Culture in Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

Prelude. Treat the Person, Not the Disease
Introduction
Chapter 1. Is Functional Medicine Pseudoscience?
Interlude. Mapping Out My Systems Biology
Chapter 2. Wounded Healers
Interlude. Taking the Reins
Chapter 3. Relational Shifts
Interlude. The Three Cs
Chapter 4. Digitized Patient Communities
Chapter 5. Doctor-Influencers
Chapter 6. Ancient Healing Traditions
Chapter 7. Big Pharma and Health Insurance
Chapter 8. Group Visits
Conclusion. Looking Forward: Opportunities for Health Justice
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Persons Described in This Book
Notes
Works Cited
Index