{"product_id":"alternative-medicines-hardback","title":"Alternative Medicines - Hardback","description":"\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":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546764173550,"sku":"9781032279879","price":201.6,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/alternative-medicines-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}