Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Cancer Care: An International Analysis of Grassroots Integration

by Tovey; Philip

• ISBN13: 9780415359948
• ISBN10: 0415359945
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-04-17
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Cancer Care provides the first in-depth exploration of the role patient support groups play in the provision of CAM in the UK and Australia. It also looks at the utilisation of non-biomedical treatments in Pakistan focusing on the role of informal social networks."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Philip Tovey is a Reader in Health Sociology at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Empirical, theoretical and methodological background

CAM and cancer: the empirical, theoretical and policy context in international

Methodology: a brief overview of approach and research sites in the UK, Australia and Pakistan

The mediation of CAM in cancer user groups in the UK (and Australia)

CAM in cancer user groups

Decision making and information selection and utilisation

The role of user groups as advocates, gate-keepers and providers of CAM

CAM in cancer user groups: innovation and challenge?

An exploratory comparative case study from Australia

The mediation of CAM and informal networks in Pakistan

CAM in social context

Decision making, gatekeeping and advocacy

CAM use, inequality and challenges to bio-medicine

Discussion and Conclusion

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