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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Lois . Ed(S): Snyder
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Description for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Hardback. Focuses on the ethical challenges of complementary and alternative medicine. This title examines the ethical challenges that CAM raises for patients and their physicians, and for patient-physician relationships. Editor(s): Snyder, Lois. Series: Biomedical Ethics Reviews. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine examines the real-life implications of patient issues and the healthcare system in which care is delivered.
Because complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are not presently considered to be a part of conventional medicine, this book discusses the effect that CAM has on patients, physicians, healthcare, and policymakers. Also included are the implications that CAM has on traditional patient-physician relationships as well as the physician's ethical obligations on this subject.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Series
Biomedical Ethics Reviews
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781588295842
SKU
V9781588295842
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
From the reviews: "...I recommend the book for annyone interested in having a broader view of disease, health and healing, and holilstic medicine." -Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) "Anyone (eg, clinicians, clinical ethicists, attorneys, researchers, and patients) wtih an interest in the ethical aspects of CAM will find this book informative." -Mayo Clinic Proceedings ... Read more