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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Alternative medicine, health and wellness
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Alternative medicine, health and wellness.
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PERCEPTIONS, USES AND BENEFITS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS ; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PERCEPTIONS, USES AND BENEFITS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; PART ONE: USERS ; Chapter 1 UPDATE ON THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE BY THE ELDERLY ; ABSTRACT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES ; STUDIES ON SPECIFIC CAM MODALITIES ; Tai Chi ; Yoga, Dance, Video Games and Massage Therapy ; Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Mindfulness Meditation and Integrative Medicine; Can CAM Treatment Be Harmful to the Elderly? ; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES |
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Chapter 2 ALTERNATIVE WORLDVIEWS AND HEALTH-CONSUMER AGENCY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH USE OF COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE (CAM) AMONG POORER RURAL CONSUMERS IN AUSTRALIA ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; Content of the Chapter ; Defining and Situating CAM in Relation to Biomedicine, for Research among Poor Rural Consumers ; METHODOLOGY AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ; Design and Conduct of an Ethnographic Research Project ; A Polarised Theoretical Premise ; THE LOCATION AND RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS ; 'Sephirah': Demographics of a 'Typical' Low-Income Rural Town in Victoria |
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Social and Economic Challenges of Life in Sephirah BUILDING UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT CAM USE FROM LITERATURE AND RESEARCH DATA ; Understanding CAM Consumer Worldviews ; In Relation to Biomedicine: CAM as Activism and Agency ; GROUPED THEMES FROM THE RESEARCH DATA; Common Uses of CAM ; Formalising CAM ; Informal CAM ; UNPACKING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DATA ; CAM is Both Contemporary and Ancient, and Incorporates New Understandings through a Folk Process ; CAM Resists Widespread Excess Medicalisation, which Limits Appreciation of Whole Persons |
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CAM Resonates with Alternative Views, and Is a Choice that Represents Integrity DISCUSSION ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; PART TWO: PRACTITIONERS ; Chapter 3 NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR OFFICES IN ONTARIO, CANADA: THE RELEVANCE OF VISIBLE LOCATIONS AND PATIENT PROXIMITY ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE EMERGING CAM LITERATURE ; 3. OBJECTIVES, METHODOLOGY AND DATA SOURCES; 4. RESULTS ; 4.1. Offices of Naturopathic Doctors: Ontario-Wide Patterns and Visibility Trends ; 4.2. Naturopathic Patient Characteristics and Proximity Trends in Greater Sudbury and Waterloo; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Alternative medicine.
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Alternative medicine. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cherniack, E. Paul, editor.
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Holmes, Tass, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781634848510 (electronic book) |
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1634848519 (electronic book) |
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9781634848268 |
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