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Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Legal Boundaries and Regulatory Perspectives

Resource Type

Book

Description

"A third of all Americans use complementary and alternative medicine?including chiropractic, acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy, nutritional and herbal treatments, and massage therapy?even when their insurance does not cover it and they have to pay for such treatments themselves. Nearly a third of U.S. medical schools offer courses on complementary and alternative therapies. Congress has created an Office of Alternative Medicine within the National Institutes of Health, and federal and state lawmakers have introduced legislation authorizing widespread use of such therapies. These institutional and legislative developments, argues Michael H. Cohen, express a paradigm shift to a broader, more inclusive vision of health care than conventional medicine admits."--JHU Press

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Adulthood (22+)

Languages

English

ISBN

0801856892

Author

Michael H. Cohen

Publication

1998 Johns Hopkins Univ Press

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