Kevin Dew: Borderland Practices: Regulating Alternative ..., Hamilton in Hamilton, Waikato for sale

No signatures.; 176 pages."Every day thousands of New Zealanders consume an array of vitamin pills or visit alternative therapists of one kind or another. Doctors themselves may prescribe or administer'alternative'remedies such as St John's Wort or acupuncture. What is going on in primary health care? This book examines the changing nature of'orthodox'and'alternative'practice. The author looks at recent medical history from a social scientist's perspective and asks how primary health care can be regulated when the boundaries between what is orthodox and what is alternative are continually shifting. Modern societies regulate medical care to maintain patient safety, but where there has been regulation there has also been limitation. Medical practice has become more standardised and controlled, and some therapeutic practices have been deemed acceptable while others have not."Table of Contents:Quacks, Cranks and Heretics; Regulating Medicine; Breaching the Barricades of Medicine; Deviant Outsiders; Error and Uncertainty; Controlling Heresy; Standardising Health; Conformity and Rebellion; Models of Medical Practice; Limitation by Regulation; Index.; 8vo
Kevin Dew: Borderland Practices: Regulating Alternative Therapies in New Zealand
Author
Kevin Dew
Title
Borderland Practices: Regulating Alternative Therapies in New Zealand
Publisher name
University of Otago Press (2003), Dunedin
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
2003
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Soft cover
Listing condition
Used
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
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