Health, the individual, and integrated medicine revisiting an aesthetic of health care
How do we decide on the most effective way to heal ourselves or our patients? Complementary therapies are a vital part of any integrated approach to health which incorporates specialist and layperson knowledge. In this book, David Aldridge examines cultural understandings of illness and medicines. H...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; London :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
2004.
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Edición: | 1st American ed |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798122906719 |
Sumario: | How do we decide on the most effective way to heal ourselves or our patients? Complementary therapies are a vital part of any integrated approach to health which incorporates specialist and layperson knowledge. In this book, David Aldridge examines cultural understandings of illness and medicines. He provides a critique of orthodox methods used to assess treatment, and advocates a more pluralistic approach to medical research and practice, encompassing the physical, psychological, spiritual and social dimensions of a person's life. To assess medical research in a range of situations, Aldridge |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781283904414 9781846426445 |