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1 online resource (xxii, 465 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Complementary and alternative medicines: the introductory perspective -- Beyond the classification of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): towards a systematic approach to understanding CAM -- Complementary and alternative medicine used by patients with cancer: evidence for efficacy and safety -- Regulation of complementary and alternative medicine -- Perspectives on Chinese medicine in complementary and alternative medicine -- Disentangling the evidence: the efficacy of meditation in people with cancer -- Should spirituality and prayer be part of complementary therapies? -- From traditional medicines to drug discovery -- Creating an integrative oncology centre: the SolarisCare experience -- Emergence of new consumerism in health-care: the empowered health consumer and the role of complementary and alternative medicine -- Interaction between complementary and alternative medicines and conventional medicines -- Australian doctors and complementary medicine: don't ask, don't tell and don't know -- Cancer, primary care and complementary therapies -- Complementary and alternative medicine: the perspective of a medical oncologist -- Complementary and alternative (or unproven) therapies: perspectives of a surgeon -- Mind over medicine: revealing the blame game -- Barriers to conduction complementary and alternative medicine clinical trials -- Teaching complementary and alternative medicine to medical students -- Consumer experience: case studies of complementary therapy use among people diagnosed with cancer -- Evaluating complementary and alternative medicine -- Complementary and alternative medicine: the perspective of a cancer patient -- Complementary and alternative medicine use by adult cancer patients: an overview. |
| Summary |
Would you use complementary and alternative medicines (CAMS)? Well, research has shown that up to three quarters of patients with cancer may at least supplement their treatment with such therapies, spending as much on CAMS as conventional drugs. How do you decide? This book provides a full range of perspectives on CAMS from patients and CAMS practitioners to conventional doctors who oppose the use of these alternative treatments because of the lack of evidence of efficacy and safety. Then there are the CAMS researchers, educators and regulators who view CAMS from different perspectives. The br. |
| 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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Cancer -- Alternative treatment.
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Cancer -- Alternative treatment. |
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Integrative medicine.
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Integrative medicine. |
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Evidence-based medicine.
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Evidence-based medicine. |
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Complementary Therapies. |
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Neoplasms -- therapy. |
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Integrative Medicine. |
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Evidence-Based Medicine. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Olver, Ian N.
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Robotin, Monica C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Perspectives on complementary and alternative medicines. London : Imperial College Press ; Hackensack, N.J. : distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co., ©2012 9781848165564 (DLC) 2012359173 (OCoLC)782253365 |
| ISBN |
1848165579 (electronic book) |
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9781848165571 (electronic book) |
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9781848165564 |
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1848165560 |
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