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Understanding Alternative Medicine: New Health Paths in America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780789009029

  • ISBN10:

    0789009021

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2000-01-07
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Understanding Alternative Medicine: New Health Paths in America provides health professionals and teachers with insight into the growing use and social acceptance of alternative medicines in the United States today. This book discusses the political, economic, and scientific implications of multi-cultural medicine in American society as well as specific information on alternative medicines used in the United States. Explore the safety and efficacy of the alternative medicines examined in this unique book, which provides an overview of the A. (ayurvedic medicine) to Z. (zen meditation) of alternative therapies and philosophies used in the United States today.

Author Biography

Lawrence Tyler, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at Western Michigan University, where he teaches courses in the Asian Studies Program.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Varro E. Tyler
Preface xi
Diversity in American Medicine
1(6)
Philosophical Differences
7(20)
Shamanism
8(2)
Traditional Chinese Medicine
10(11)
Ayurvedic Medicine
21(3)
Herbs and the Ice Man
24(3)
TCM Use and Endangered Species
27(16)
The Trade in Bear Parts
28(3)
Aphrodisiacs
31(2)
Bear Farms and Parks
33(3)
Ginseng: Poaching or Harvesting?
36(7)
The Economic Growth and Social Acceptance of Alternative/Herbal Medicines in the United States
43(22)
Safety and Efficacy
44(6)
Herbal Politics
50(7)
Herbal Business
57(2)
AMA and Alternatives
59(3)
Alternative Insurance
62(3)
``Like Two Wings of a Bird''?
65(14)
Medicine, Authority, and Wealth
67(3)
The RCT Standard and Recent Studies
70(5)
Acupuncture and Placebo Effect
75(4)
Placebos, Spontaneous Remissions, and Nonspecific Factors in Healing
79(14)
Approaching Therapy
82(1)
Approaching Pain
83(1)
Four Features of Effective Therapy
84(9)
Herbal Medicine: The German Example
93(8)
Bibliography 101(6)
Index 107

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