This comparative text examines the rise of non-orthodox medicine and theorizes the changing nature of health care in modern societies. It engages with sociological debates on modernity and postmodernity, anthropological work.
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new medical pluralism, alternative medical groups, complementary medical services, alternative medical services, biomedical profession, biomedical doctors, biomedical hegemony, biomedicine itself, medical dominance, complementary practitioners, orthodox medical profession, biomedical drugs, biomedical practitioners, biomedical care, alternative practitioners, alternative therapists, biomedical practice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Kingdom, United States, European Union, National Health Service, Society of Homoeopaths, Bristol Cancer Help Centre, Welfare State, Medical Act, Department of Health, New Right, Ministry of Health, American Medical Association, Unani Tibb, North European, Second World War, Kings Fund, General Medical Council, European Parliament, Faculty of Homoeopathy, British Medical Association, New Zealand, Biomedical Clinic Browse Sample Pages:
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new medical pluralism, alternative medical groups, complementary medical services, alternative medical services, biomedical profession, biomedical doctors, biomedical hegemony, biomedicine itself, medical dominance, complementary practitioners, orthodox medical profession, biomedical drugs, biomedical practitioners, biomedical care, alternative practitioners, alternative therapists, biomedical practice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Kingdom, United States, European Union, National Health Service, Society of Homoeopaths, Bristol Cancer Help Centre, Welfare State, Medical Act, Department of Health, New Right, Ministry of Health, American Medical Association, Unani Tibb, North European, Second World War, Kings Fund, General Medical Council, European Parliament, Faculty of Homoeopathy, British Medical Association, New Zealand, Biomedical Clinic Browse Sample Pages:
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- Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Tom Heller in Front Matter, page 80, and page 199
- Worlds of Health: Exploring the Health Choices of British Asian Mothers by Kate Reed in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS READER by SARAH GUSTAFSSON, ULLA NETTLETON in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- An Anthropology of Indirect Communication (ASA Monographs) by Joy Hendry in Front Matter
- An Anthropology of Indirect Communication (ASA Monographs) by Joy Hendry in Front Matter
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