Health, the individual, and integrated medicine :: revisiting an aesthetic of health care /

How do we decide on the most effective way to heal ourselves or our patients? Complementary therapies are a vital part of any integrated approach to health which incorporates specialist and layperson knowledge. In this book, David Aldridge examines cultural understandings of illness and medicines. H...

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1. Verfasser: Aldridge, David, 1947-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.
Ausgabe:1st American ed.
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Zusammenfassung:How do we decide on the most effective way to heal ourselves or our patients? Complementary therapies are a vital part of any integrated approach to health which incorporates specialist and layperson knowledge. In this book, David Aldridge examines cultural understandings of illness and medicines. He provides a critique of orthodox methods used to assess treatment, and advocates a more pluralistic approach to medical research and practice, encompassing the physical, psychological, spiritual and social dimensions of a person's life. To assess medical research in a range of situations, Aldridge.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (1 volume)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1417500751
9781417500758
1846426448
9781846426445

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