Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 241 mm x 161 mm, Gewicht: 390 g
Containing and Expanding Therapeutic Possibilities
Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 241 mm x 161 mm, Gewicht: 390 g
Reihe: Critical Approaches to Health
ISBN: 978-0-367-25321-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Drawing on 30 years of research, the book identifies the trends in the use of CAM and explores the scientific, political and social challenges that CAM faces in relation to orthodox medicine. The author examines the varieties of CAM practices and how they manifest in different institutional spaces – including public inquiries, the orthodox medical practitioner’s consulting room, medical journals and the homes of those who use CAM. It also compares unorthodox practices in different geo-political settings, namely the global north and the global south.
This book is valuable reading for higher-level undergraduate and postgraduate social science students, including those in psychology, sociology, anthropology, health sciences and related disciplines. It is relevant for courses in medical sociology, medical anthropology and social science and health, and a broader audience interested in contemporary health issues, controversies and alternative medicine.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1: Introduction to complemenatary and alternative medicine and therapeutic pluralism
Chapter 2: State medicine, regulating practices and the creation of alternatives
Chapter 3: Disciplining and integrating practices
Chapter 4: Adjusting to statist medicine and the manipulation of chiropractic
Chapter 5: Transformation, continuity and the ebb and flow of Chinese medicine
Chapter 6: Empire, tradition and the many therapeutic faces of India
Chapter 7: The unregulated CAM user and the expansion of therapeutic possibilities
Chapter 8: The fraught use of CAM in cancer care
Chapter 9: Incoherent forces: the disciplining and the unruliness of complementary and alternative therapies