Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book traces the genesis, principles and practice of homeopathy, and discusses the reasons for its enduring popularity. Two hundred years ago, medicine had little to offer except blood letting and the administration of violent purgatives – practices which shortened the course of illness by hastening the death of the patient. Largely in reaction to what he correctly saw as the brutality and ineffectiveness of the medicine of his day, the eighteenth century German physician Samuel Hahnemann developed a system of therapeutics that he termed homeopathy. Ironically, while modern medicine has changed beyond recognition, homeopathy, with its roots in alchemy and metaphysics, continues to be practiced precisely as it was in Hahnemann’s day. Readers of this book will enjoy the story of homeopathy and its almost magical attraction, whilst learning much from the authors' rational and scientific discussion of the biological, chemical and psychological questions that this treatment raises.

Medicine. --- Complementary medicine. --- Health. --- Health economics. --- Medical economics. --- Health psychology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Complementary & Alternative Medicine. --- Popular Science in Medicine and Health. --- Health Psychology. --- Health Economics. --- Homeopathy. --- Medicine --- Practice. --- Medical practice --- Practice of medicine --- Homoeopathy --- Physician practice acquisitions --- Alternative medicine --- Alternative medicine. --- Psychology, clinical. --- Economics, Medical --- Health --- Health economics --- Hygiene --- Medical care --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Integrative medicine --- Economic aspects --- Health Workforce --- Medicine . --- Health psychology --- Health psychology, Clinical --- Psychology, Clinical health --- Psychology, Health --- Salutogenesis --- Clinical psychology --- Medicine and psychology --- Personal health --- Wellness --- Physiology --- Diseases --- Holistic medicine --- Well-being

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Alternative medicine (AM) is hugely popular; about 40% of the US general population have used at least one type of alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%. The money spent on AM is considerable: the global market is expected to reach nearly US $ 200 billion by 2025, with most of these funds coming directly out of consumers’ pockets. The reasons for this popularity are complex, but misinformation is certainly a prominent factor. The media seem to have an insatiable appetite for the subject and often report uncritically on it. Misinformation about AM on the Internet (currently about 50 million websites are focused on AM) is much more the rule than the exception. Consumers are thus being bombarded with misinformation on AM, and they are ill-protected from such misinformation and therefore prone to making wrong, unwise or dangerous therapeutic decisions, endangering their health and wasting their money. This book is a reference text aimed at guiding consumers through the maze of AM. The concept of the book is straightforward. It has two main parts. The first, short section provides essential background on AM, explaining in simple terms what is (and what is not) good, reliable evidence, and addressing other relevant issues like, for instance, the placebo response, informed consent, integrative medicine, etc. The second and main part consists of 150 short chapters, topically grouped and each dedicated to one single alternative therapeutic or diagnostic method. In each of them, seven critical points are raised. These points relate to issues that are important for consumers’ decisions whether it is worth trying the method in question. Restricting the discussion to just seven points means that issues must be prioritized to those themes which are most relevant in the context of each given modality.

Medicine. --- Alternative medicine. --- Psychology, clinical. --- Bioethics. --- Health economics. --- Popular Science in Medicine and Health. --- Complementary & Alternative Medicine. --- Health Psychology. --- Health Economics. --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Medicine --- Integrative medicine --- Economics, Medical --- Health --- Health economics --- Hygiene --- Medical care --- Biology --- Biomedical ethics --- Life sciences --- Life sciences ethics --- Science --- Health Workforce --- Economic aspects --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Medicine . --- Health. --- Complementary medicine. --- Health psychology. --- Health psychology --- Health psychology, Clinical --- Psychology, Clinical health --- Psychology, Health --- Salutogenesis --- Clinical psychology --- Medicine and psychology --- Personal health --- Wellness --- Physiology --- Diseases --- Holistic medicine --- Well-being

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Of all forms of alternative medicine, chiropractic is the one that is most generally accepted. In the UK, for instance, chiropractors are regulated by statute and even have their own ‘Royal College of Chiropractic’. In the US, chiropractic’s country of origin, most chiropractors carry the title ‘doctor’ and many consumers believe they are medically trained. Despite this high level of acceptance, chiropractic is wide open to criticism. The claims and assumptions made by chiropractors are far from evidence based. Chiropractic manipulations are of doubtful effectiveness and have regularly been associated with severe adverse effects, including multiple fatalities. The advice issued by chiropractors to patients and consumers is often less than responsible. The behaviour of chiropractors and their organisations is frequently less than professional. This book presents and discusses recent evidence in and around chiropractic in a factual and unemotional manner. It amounts to an evidence-based critique of this profession and discloses the often dangerously misleading information published for the lay audience. It thereby contributes to advancing public health and critical thinking.

Psychology --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- Sociology of health --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Physiotherapy. Alternative treatments --- Human medicine --- medische psychologie --- gezondheid --- geneeskunde --- gezondheidseconomie --- bio-ethiek --- medische ethiek --- alternatieve geneeswijzen

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Alternative medicine (AM) is popular; about 40% of the US general population have used alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%. The global market is expected to reach nearly US $ 200 billion by 2025, with most of these funds coming directly out of consumers' pockets. Consumers are bombarded with misleading and false information on AM and therefore prone to making wrong, unwise, or dangerous therapeutic decisions, endangering their health and wasting their money. This book is a reference text aimed at guiding consumers through the maze of AM. This second edition includes over 50 additional treatments as well as updates on many others. .

Psychology --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- Economics --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Physiotherapy. Alternative treatments --- Psychiatry --- Human medicine --- medische psychologie --- economie --- geneeskunde --- gezondheidszorg --- gezondheidseconomie --- bio-ethiek --- klinische psychologie --- medische ethiek --- alternatieve geneeswijzen --- Alternative medicine. --- Medicina alternativa