Buch, Englisch, 124 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 327 g
Buch, Englisch, 124 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 327 g
ISBN: 978-0-7890-0902-9
Verlag: Routledge
- realizing the environmental impact on endangered plants and animals used as ingredients in traditional and herbal medicines to help you understand the negative effects on the world while balancing the positive effects for the human population
- understanding the economic growth and social acceptance of the alternative health industry and its move into mainstream society
- examining why, according to some doctors’opinions, the United States Food and Drug Administration continues to be unsuccessful in its efforts to properly evaluate the safety and efficacy of alternative medicineThrough this essential book,you will discover how American medicine has diversified among accepted medical practices as well as medical practitioners and that these trends are beginning to change American health care practices and procedures. Understanding Alternative Medicine offers proof on how these changes have influenced the growing availability, awareness, and use of traditional medicines in order to expand your options for patient care and help people live improved and healthier lives.
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Contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Diversity in American Medicine
Chapter 2: Philosophical Differences
- Shamanism
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Ayurvedic Medicine
- Herbs and The Ice Man
Chapter 3: TCM Use and Endangered Species
- The Trade in Bear Parts
- Aphrodisiacs
- Bear Parks and Farms
- Ginseng: Poaching or Harvesting?
Chapter 4: The Economic Growth and Social Acceptance
of Alternative/ Herbal Medicines in the United States
- Safety and Efficacy
- Herbal Politics
- Herbal Business
- AMA and Alternatives
- Alternative Insurance
Chapter 5: “Like Two Wings of a Bird?”
- Medicine, Authority, and Wealth
- The RCT Standard and Recent Studies
- Acupuncture and Placebo Effect
Chapter 6: Placebos, Spontaneous Remissions,
and Non-Specific Factors in Healing
- Approaching Therapy
- Approaching Pain
- Four Features of Effective Therapy
Chapter 7: Herbal Medicine: The German Example
Bibliography
Index
Reference Notes Included