Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Cancer Care
An International Analysis of Grassroots Integration
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 28 February 2007
- ISBN 9780415359931
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 520 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 3 Line drawings, black & white; 7 Tables, black & white 0
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Short description:
Drawing on comparative fieldwork in the UK, Pakistan and Australia, this book gives an invaluable insight into how differing health and societal structures influence the use CAM.
MoreLong description:
Drawing on comparative fieldwork in the UK, Pakistan and Australia, this book provides the first systematic assessment of pathways and access to CAM and how it is used in health practice and by individuals with cancer.
Giving fresh and invaluable insights into how differing health and societal structures influence the use complementary and alternative medicine, the book explores:
- the empirical, theoretical, and policy context for the study of CAM/TM and cancer
- the history and character of the eight support groups in which fieldwork took place in the UK, Australia and Pakistan
- the nature and structure of patient support groups' history, affiliation and evolution
- how groups function on a day-to-day basis
- the extent to which what is being offered in these CAM-oriented groups is in any way innovative and challenging to the therapeutic and organisational mainstream
- the value of sociological work in the field which is not tied to immediate and narrow policy objectives.
This is an essential resource for those studying complementary and alternative medicine sociologically, to those involved in the provision of cancer care on a day-to-day basis, and to those looking to establish a more informed (evidence-based) policy.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction Part 1: Empirical, Theoretical and Methodological Background 1. CAM and Cancer: the Empirical, Theoretical and Policy Context in International 2. Methodology: A Brief Overview of Approach and Research Sites in the UK, Australia and Pakistan Part 2: The Mediation of CAM in Cancer User Groups in the UK (and Australia) 3. CAM in Cancer User Groups 4. Decision Making and Information Selection and Utilisation 5. The Role of User Groups as Advocates, Gate-Keepers and Providers of CAM 6. CAM in Cancer User Groups: Innovation and Challenge? 7. An Exploratory Comparative Case Study from Australia Part 3: The Mediation of CAM and Informal Networks in Pakistan 9. CAM in Social Context 10. Decision Making, Gatekeeping and Advocacy 11. CAM Use, Inequality and Challenges to Bio-Medicine. Discussion and Conclusion
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