{"product_id":"perspectives-on-complementary-and-alternative-medicine-9780415351607","title":"Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tom Heller | Geraldine Lee-Treweek | Jeanne Katz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Alternative \u0026amp; Complementary Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the challenging issues associated with complementary and alternative medicine in the context of the social, political and cultural influences that shape people's health. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDivided clearly into three sections, this book: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003esets out the general context of social change, consumption and debate around the rise of public interest in CAM \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eargues for and against different classifications of CAM\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecritically assesses the importance of ethics and values to CAM practice and how these inform what practitioners do \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efocuses on the question of what people want, the changing and contested nature of health, and the nature of personal and social factors associated with the use of CAM, leading to a focus on 'therapeutic relationships' \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexamines the diversity of settings in which CAM takes place and the social, political and economic milieu in which CAM is provided and used.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with its accompanying text, \u003cem\u003eComplementary and Alternative Medicine: Structures and Safeguards\u003c\/em\u003e, it forms the core text for the Open University course K221 Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46929584062615,"sku":"9780415351607","price":17766.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415351607.webp?v=1771600795","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/perspectives-on-complementary-and-alternative-medicine-9780415351607","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}