TY - BOOK ID - 77874293 TI - Alternative therapies AU - Gordon, Rena J AU - Nienstedt, Barbara Cable AU - Gesler, Wilbert M PY - 1998 SN - 1281806005 9786611806002 0826117295 9780826117298 0826111645 9780826111647 PB - New York, NY Springer Pub. Co. DB - UniCat KW - Alternative medicine. KW - Medical care KW - Health care use KW - Medical care use KW - Utilization of medical care KW - Complementary medicine KW - Healing systems KW - Systems, Healing KW - Systems, Therapeutic KW - Therapeutic systems KW - Medicine KW - Integrative medicine KW - Utilization. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77874293 AB - In this volume, an interdisciplinary team of scholars and social scientists address the reasons and ramifications of the increasing utilization of alternative and complementary medicine. The book provides a scholarly and theoretical discussion of salient issues within this new field. Topics discussed include:.: the changing medical market place; political and legal aspects of practice; influential cultural factors; clinical and educational issues; and much more. The many case examples and vignettes that appear throughout the text illustrate how alternative health care relates to everyday life. ER -