Marginal to Mainstream: Alternative Medicine in America Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Marginal to Mainstream: Alternative Medicine in America Book

Most users of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approach it through different lenses than physicians. Ordinary people employ informal knowledge, which is based on their experiences, beliefs, and values. One chapter elaborates why people use CAM, another why physicians are becoming interested in it. Physicians also use informal knowledge, based on their experiences as clinicians, to understand patients and their needs. But physicians use formal knowledge, based on science, to understand medicine. If CAM is going to become a legitimate part of health care, physicians insist that scientific research must prove its safety and efficacy. Another chapter elaborates how scientific research is conducted (randomized, controlled, clinical trials). Another elaborates current scientific research on CAM.Read More

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  • 0521542227
  • 9780521542227
  • Mary Ruggie
  • 2 February 2004
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 248
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