Sarah Cant, Ursula Sharma

A New Medical Pluralism (eBook, PDF)

Complementary Medicine, Doctors, Patients And The State

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135364021
• Artikelnr.: 41834085

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?