Alternative medicine :  perceptions, uses and benefits and clinical implications / 
E. Paul Cherniack and Tass Holmes, editors. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Alternative medicine, health and wellness .
 - Alternative medicine, health and wellness. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PERCEPTIONS, USES AND BENEFITS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS ; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PERCEPTIONS, USES AND BENEFITS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; PART ONE: USERS ; Chapter 1 UPDATE ON THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE BY THE ELDERLY ; ABSTRACT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES ; STUDIES ON SPECIFIC CAM MODALITIES ; Tai Chi ; Yoga, Dance, Video Games and Massage Therapy ; Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Mindfulness Meditation and Integrative Medicine; Can CAM Treatment Be Harmful to the Elderly? ; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES Chapter 2 ALTERNATIVE WORLDVIEWS AND HEALTH-CONSUMER AGENCY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH USE OF COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE (CAM) AMONG POORER RURAL CONSUMERS IN AUSTRALIA ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; Content of the Chapter ; Defining and Situating CAM in Relation to Biomedicine, for Research among Poor Rural Consumers ; METHODOLOGY AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ; Design and Conduct of an Ethnographic Research Project ; A Polarised Theoretical Premise ; THE LOCATION AND RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS ; 'Sephirah': Demographics of a 'Typical' Low-Income Rural Town in Victoria Social and Economic Challenges of Life in Sephirah BUILDING UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT CAM USE FROM LITERATURE AND RESEARCH DATA ; Understanding CAM Consumer Worldviews ; In Relation to Biomedicine: CAM as Activism and Agency ; GROUPED THEMES FROM THE RESEARCH DATA; Common Uses of CAM ; Formalising CAM ; Informal CAM ; UNPACKING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DATA ; CAM is Both Contemporary and Ancient, and Incorporates New Understandings through a Folk Process ; CAM Resists Widespread Excess Medicalisation, which Limits Appreciation of Whole Persons CAM Resonates with Alternative Views, and Is a Choice that Represents Integrity DISCUSSION ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; PART TWO: PRACTITIONERS ; Chapter 3 NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR OFFICES IN ONTARIO, CANADA: THE RELEVANCE OF VISIBLE LOCATIONS AND PATIENT PROXIMITY ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE EMERGING CAM LITERATURE ; 3. OBJECTIVES, METHODOLOGY AND DATA SOURCES; 4. RESULTS ; 4.1. Offices of Naturopathic Doctors: Ontario-Wide Patterns and Visibility Trends ; 4.2. Naturopathic Patient Characteristics and Proximity Trends in Greater Sudbury and Waterloo; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781634848268 1634848268 1634848519 9781634848510 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020676681 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Alternative medicine.<br/>Complementary Therapies.<br/>MEDICAL / Pharmacology<br/>Alternative medicine.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R733 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WB 890