Toward an Integrative Medicine(English, Paperback, Baer Hans A.)

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Toward an Integrative Medicine(English, Paperback, Baer Hans A.) is written by Baer Hans A. and published by AltaMira Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 075910302X (ISBN 10) and 9780759103023 (ISBN 13).

This book chronicles the transformation of the holistic health movement over the past three decades, as it increasingly influences the delivery of health care in America. In it, he describes the battle for legitimacy by alternative therapeutic practitioners, and the biomedical profession's increasing interest in the possibilities of a complementary and integrative medical system. Baer examines a variety of professionalized and lay heterodox therapeutic systems, including chiropractors, naturopaths and acupuncturists, homeopaths, bodyworkers, and lay midwives. He shows, ironically, how the holistic movement may become more limited as it gains acceptance and becomes integrated into mainstream, professional medicine. This book is a valuable resource for instructors, students, professionals and others interested in public health issues, health policy, medical studies, health economics, medical anthropology and sociology.