Perspectives On Complementary And Alternative Medicines
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Perspectives On Complementary And Alternative Medicines

  1. 488 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Perspectives On Complementary And Alternative Medicines

About this book

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 broad array of opinions build a complete picture of the issues for discerning readers to be adequately informed to make up their minds and draw their own conclusions.

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Yes, you can access Perspectives On Complementary And Alternative Medicines by Monica Robotin, Ian N Olver in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Alternative & Complementary Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Contributors
  3. Preface
  4. 1 Complementary and Alternative Medicines — The Introductory Perspective Ian N. Olver
  5. 2 Beyond the Classification of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Towards a Systematic Approach to Understanding CAM Veronica M. Raszeja
  6. 3 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Used by Patients with Cancer: Evidence for Efficacy and Safety Carlo Pirri
  7. 4 The Regulation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Ken Harvey
  8. 5 Perspective on Chinese Medicine in Complementary and Alternative Medicine James Flowers
  9. 6 Disentangling the Evidence: The Efficacy of Meditation in People with Cancer Deborah Black, Leigh Wilson and Ramesh Manocha
  10. 7 Should Spirituality and Prayer be Part of Complementary Therapies? Ian N. Olver
  11. 8 From Traditional Medicines to Drug Discovery Monica C. Robotin
  12. 9 Creating an Integrative Oncology Centre: The SolarisCare Experience David Joske
  13. 10 The Emergence of New Consumerism in Health-Care: The Empowered Health Consumer and the Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Liz Paslawsky
  14. 11 Interaction Between Complementary and Alternative Medicines and Conventional Medicines Stephen J. Clarke and Andrew J. McLachlan
  15. 12 Australian Doctors and Complementary Medicine — Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and Don’t Know Lesley Braun
  16. 13 Cancer, Primary Care and Complementary Therapies Kerryn Phelps
  17. 14 Complementary and Alternative Medicine: The Perspective of a Medical Oncologist Ray Lowenthal
  18. 15 Complementary and Alternative (or Unproven) Therapies: Perspectives of a Surgeon Tom Reeve
  19. 16 Mind over Medicine: Revealing the Blame Game Deborah Gray
  20. 17 Barriers to Conducting Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clinical Trials Byeongsang Oh and Haryana M. Dhillon
  21. 18 Teaching Complementary and Alternative Medicines to Medical Students Craig Hassed
  22. 19 The Consumer Experience — Case Studies of Complementary Therapy Use Among People Diagnosed with Cancer Vivienne O’Callaghan
  23. 20 Evaluating Complementary and Alternative Medicine Jaklin A. Eliott
  24. 21 Complementary and Alternative Medicine: The Perspective of a Cancer Patient Loretta Marron
  25. 22 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Adult Cancer Patients: An Overview Carlo Pirri
  26. Index