{"product_id":"alternative-medicines-popular-and-policy-perspectives-9781032280059","title":"Alternative Medicines: Popular and Policy Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. Warren Salmon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Alternative Therapies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1984, and now reissued with a new Preface, this was the first systematic and evaluative investigation of the holistic health movement - the first to put its contribution and limitations in both historical and current perspectives. The book answers two essential questions: how do alternative medicines challenge the tenets of conventional scientific medicine; and could a synthesis of these alternative medicines and scientific medicine lead to a reformulation of conceptions of healing? A historical survey of medical care up to the use of scientific medicine in the 19th and 20th Centuries is followed by chapters on different traditions of alternative medicine: homeopathy, chiropractic, non-medical and spiritual healing, oriental medicine and self-care. Each considers the historical roots and development of the particular alternative medicine; describes its principles and how they relate to mainstream medicine. The concluding chapter considers social policy implications and political issues. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46930951700631,"sku":"9781032280059","price":2905.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032280059.webp?v=1771610056","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/alternative-medicines-popular-and-policy-perspectives-9781032280059","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}