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The role of complementary and alternative medicine
— accommodating pluralism | | Author(s) | Daniel Callahan |
| Publisher | Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC, 2002 |
| Pages | 208 pp (Hastings Center studies in ethics) |
| Source | Georgetown University Press, c/o Hopkins Fulfillment Service, PO Box 50370, Baltimore MD 21211, USA. |
| Keywords | Alternative medicine ; Social ethics ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | Fourteen scholars from the fields of medicine, philosophy, sociology, and cultural and folklore studies examine the clash between growing public support for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the hostility of clinicians and medical researchers. At the centre of the debate is how to measure scientifically the effectiveness of a particular treatment. Proponents and critics have different methodologies and standards of evidence, thus raising the question of how much pluralism is acceptable in a medical context. The contributors' essays fall into two major categories: those addressing the methodological problems of assessment, and those focusing on the differing cultural perspectives at work in a patient's choice of treatment. Written for medical practitioners and researchers of medical issues, this book offers a balanced evaluation of the meaning and value of alternative therapies. The book is fully indexed, and there are biographical notes on the contributors. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020513210 B |
| Classmark | LK3: TQ: DP |
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