Tài liệu The Mainstreaming of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Mainstreaming Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Studies in Social Context
By: Philip Tovey (Editor), Gary Easthope (Editor), Jon Adams (Editor), Bryan S. Turner (Foreword by)


Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 216
Published: 19th December 2003

Stepping back from the immediate demands of policy-making, Mainstreaming Complementary and Alternative Medicine allows a complex and informative picture to emerge of the different social forces at play in the integration of CAM with orthodox medicine. Complementing books that focus solely on practice, it will be relevant reading for all students following health studies or healthcare courses, for medical students and medical and healthcare professionals.



Introduction p. 1
Consumption in Cultural Context p. 9
Consuming Health p. 11
Consumption as Activism p. 24
Health as Individual Responsibility p. 38
The Structural Context of the State and the Market p. 61
Evidence-Based Medicine and Cam p. 63
The Regulation of Practice p. 78
The Corporatisation and Commercialisation of Cam p. 95
Boundary Contestation in the Workplace p. 115
Integration and Paradigm Clash p. 117
Cam Practitioners and the Professionalisation Process p. 137
Cam and General Practitioners p. 154
Cam and Nursing p. 173
Postscript p. 190
Index p. 193
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