Alternative medicine? : a history /

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Comparing the medical systems of China, India, and the west (both mainstream and alternative), Alternative Medicine? maps the transmission of medical expertise from one culture to another and lays bare the roots of today's distinctions between alternative, complementary, and orthodox medicine....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bivins, Roberta E., 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Alternative medicine > History.
Patient compliance.
Complementary Therapies > history
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Médecines parallèles > Histoire.
Patients > Coopération.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Alternative Therapies.
MEDICAL > Healing.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healing.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Healing > General.
Alternative medicine.
Alternative Medizin
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: 'Rival Systems of Medicine'?
  • 1. 'What is this Burning?'
  • 2. Health and 'The New Science'
  • 3. 'The Chinese Have a Great Deal of Wit'
  • 4. 'With our Western Brethren, the Case Seems to be Quite Different'
  • Conclusion: Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the (Im)Patient-Consumer.

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