Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine by Adams, Jon; Andrews, Gavin; Barnes, Joanne;

Short description:

This authoritative collection is the first wide-ranging overview dedicated to traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) and its scientific study. Compiled by an expert editorial team, it is an essential guide to the vast and ever-growing international literature on TCIM.
 
Contributions come from practitioners and academics drawn from a diverse range of disciplines and professions across the globe. From perspectives on the significance of TCIM within public health policy to discourses on its influence in fields such as psychiatry and sociology, discrete chapters come together to provide an international map of the contemporary research, key debates and core issues which shape the field.
 
Carefully structured to ensure easy navigation, the reader is divided into three parts:

• Part A focuses on the consumption of TCIM, including chapters on its use through the life-cycle and within the context of disease and health management;
Part B covers considerations for practitioners across the world, taking in issues over ethics, communication and education;
• Part C features chapters on the role of evidence, research and knowledge production in TCIM and looks at what lies ahead for the field.

With its thought-provoking insights and suggestions for further reading, this comprehensive resource provides guidance and inspiration for anyone embarking on study, practice or research within health, nursing or medicine.

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This authoritative collection is the first wide-ranging overview dedicated to traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) and its scientific study. Compiled by an expert editorial team, it is an essential guide to the vast and ever-growing international literature on TCIM.

Contributions come from practitioners and academics drawn from a diverse range of disciplines and professions across the globe. From perspectives on the significance of TCIM within public health policy to discourses on its influence in fields such as psychiatry and sociology, discrete chapters come together to provide an international map of the contemporary research, key debates and core issues which shape the field.

Carefully structured to ensure easy navigation, the reader is divided into three parts:

- Part A focuses on the consumption of TCIM, including chapters on its use through the life-cycle and within the context of disease and health management

- Part B covers considerations for practitioners across the world, taking in issues over ethics, communication and education

- Part C features chapters on the role of evidence, research and knowledge production in TCIM and looks at what lies ahead for the field

With its thought-provoking insights and suggestions for further reading, this comprehensive resource provides guidance and inspiration for anyone embarking on study, practice or research within health, nursing or medicine.

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Table of Contents:

Introduction; J.Adams,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin
PART I: UTILISATION: POPULATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS 
Section I: Profile, Demographics and Motivations for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use
Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin  
The Profile of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Users and Reasons for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use;  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Adams ,  J.Segrott  &  C.W.Lui
Relief, Risk and Renewal: Mixed Therapy Regimens in an Australian Suburb;  L.Connor
Utilising Existing Data Sets to Investigate Complementary and Alternative Medicine Consumption;  D.Sibbritt  &  J.Adams
Section II: Complementary and Alternative Medicine through the Life-cycle 
Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin
Women's Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine During Pregnancy;  J.Adams ,  C.W.Lui ,  D.Sibbritt ,  A.Broom ,  J.Wardle ,  C.Homer ,  A.Steel  &  S.Beck
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use amongst Infants, Children and Adolescents;  D.Adams ,  K.Kemper  &  S.Vohra
'Getting on with Life': The Experience of Older People using Complementary Health Care;  T.Cartwright
Section III: Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine and Disease Context 
Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin
Topical and Oral Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Acne;  P.Magin ,  J.Adams ,  D.Pond  &  W.Smith
Patient Decision-making About Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Management;  L.Balneaves ,  L.Weeks  &  D.Seely  
Mental Health and Complementary and Alternative Medicine;  J.Sarris  &  J.Lake
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among HIV-positive People;  R.Littlewood  &  P.Vanable  
Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine and Well-being;  R.Harvey
PART II: PRACTICE, PROVISION AND THE PROFESSIONAL INTERFACE
Section IV: Traditional Medicine in Context
Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin
Bio-politics and the Promotion of Traditional Herbal Medicine in Vietnam;  A.Wahlberg
The Inequalities of Medical Pluralism;  A.Broom ,  A.Doron  &  P.Tovey
In the Presence of Biomedicine: Ayurveda, Medical Integration and Health Seeking in Mysore, South India;  T.Nisula
Section V: Exploring the Complementary and Alternative Medicine-conventional Medicine Interface
Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  & B.Shelley,  A.Sussman ,  R.Williams ,  A.Segal  &  B.Crabtree  (on behalf of the RIOS Net Clinicians)
The Ethics of Dietary Supplements and Natural Health Products in Pharmacy Practice;  H.Boon ,  K.Hirschkorn ,  G.Griener  &  M.Cali
Nostalgic and Nostophobic Referencing and the Authentication of Nurses' Use of Complementary Therapies;  P.Tovey  &  J.Adams
Section VI: Integrative Medicine 
Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin
Variations in Provider Conceptions of Integrative Medicine;  A.Hsiao ,  G.Ryan ,  R.Hays ,  I.Coulter ,  R.Anderson  &  N.Wenger
Which Medicine? Whose Standard? Critical Reflections on Medical Integration in China;  R.Fan  &  I.Holliday
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Education;  D.Rakel ,  M.Guerrera ,  B.Bayles ,  G.Desai  &  E.Ferrara
PART III: KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION, RESEARCH DESIGN AND PERSPECTIVES
Section VII: Evidence, Safety and Regulation
Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin
The Role of Evidence in Alternative Medicine;  C.Barry
Researching Complementary and Alternative Treatments;  V.Fønnebø ,  S.Grimsgaard ,  H.Walach ,  C.Ritenbaugh ,  A.Norheim ,  H.MacPherson ,  G.Lewith ,  L.Launsø ,  M.Koithan ,  T.Falkenberg ,  H.Boon  &  M.Aickin
Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Promises and Problems;  I.Coulter  
Indirect Risks of Complementary and Alternative Medicine;  J.Wardle  &  J.Adams
The Liberalisation of Regulatory Structure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine;  M.Weir
Section VIII: Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Perspective
Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin
The Geography of Complementary and Alternative Medicine;  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Segrott ,  C.W.Lui  &  J.Adams  
Re-positioning the Role of Traditional Medicine as Essential Health Knowledge in Global Health?;  D.Hollenberg ,  D.Zakus ,  T.Cook  &  X.W.Xu  
Review of Economic Methods Used in Complementary Medicine;  C.Doran ,  D.Chang ,  H.Kiat  &  A.Bensoussan
Section IX: Future agendas: Key Debates and Themes
Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin
The Future of Integrative Medicine;  I.Coulter  
The Challenges of Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Research;  J.Wardle  &  D.Seely
Research Capacity Building in Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Grass-roots Action towards a Broader Vision;  J.Adams ,  D.Sibbritt ,  A.Broom ,  J.Wardle ,  A.Steel ,  V.Murthy  &  J.Daley

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