A New Medical Pluralism : Complementary Medicine, Doctors, Patients And The State

Name: A New Medical Pluralism:Complementary Medicine, Doctors, Patients And The State
ISBN: 9780203024973

doi:10.4324/9780203024973

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ABSTRACT

This comparative text examines the rise of non-orthodox medicine and theorizes the changing nature of health care in modern societies. It engages with sociological debates on modernity and postmodernity, anthropological work.

A New Medical Pluralism

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter Chapter 1|19 pages

A new medical pluralism?

chapter Chapter 2|30 pages

The nature of user demand: from patient to consumer?

chapter Chapter 3|32 pages

From “alternative” to “complementary”: revival and transformation

chapter Chapter 4|42 pages

Biomedical responses to alternative medicine

chapter Chapter 5|29 pages

Government responses: the refiguring of expertise

chapter Chapter 6|27 pages

Collaboration between doctors and alternative therapists: integration or medical dominance?

chapter Chapter 7|15 pages

Conclusion: do we have a new medical pluralism?