| Description |
xvii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index. |
| Contents |
Alternative therapies : why now? / Wilbert M. Gesler, Rena J. Gordon -- Definitional dilemma of alternative medicine / Barbara Cable Nienstedt -- Federal approach to alternative medicine : co-opting, quackbusting, or complementing? / Leonard D. Baer, Charles M. Good, Jr. -- Paradigms and politics : redux of homeopathy in american medicne / Kristen S. Borre, James L. Wilson -- Marketing channels for alternative health care / Rena J. Gordon, Gail Silverstein |
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Regional distribution of alternative health care / Alan Rice Osborn -- Demand for alternative therapies : the case of childbirth / Dona Schneider -- Social and cultural aspects of alternative therapies / Jull M. Hyatt, Mary M. Hale -- Building medical systems at the household level / Clarissa T. Kimber -- Redefining the healing process : healer-client relationships in alternative medicine / Joan D. Koss-Chioino -- Rediscovering nightingale : back to the |
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future / Barbara Stevens Barnum -- Biomedical physicians practicing holistic medicine / Ronald L. Caplan, Wilbert M. Gesler -- Medical education : changes and responses / Evan W. Kligman -- Case study / Jerry M. Calkins -- Alternative therapies : Quo Vadis? / Rena J. Gordon. |
| Subject |
Alternative medicine.
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Medical care -- Utilization.
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Complementary Therapies -- trends.
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| Added Author |
Gordon, Rena J.
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Nienstedt, Barbara Cable.
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Gesler, Wilbert M., 1941-
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| ISBN |
0826111645 |
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9780826111647 |
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