Complementary and Alternative Medicine

  1. Pat LePore, JD, MPA
  1. American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Cohen M. 180 pages. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr; 1998. $16.95. ISBN 0801856892. Order phone 800-537-5487.

    Field of medicine: Alternative medicine.

    Format: Softcover book.

    Audience: Health care professionals interested in integrating holistic medicine into their practices; lay persons interested in alternative medicine; lawyers, judges, and regulators involved in integrating holistic medical concepts into the existing biomedical framework; and insurers and providers, particularly managed care organizations, interested in integrating alternative and complementary therapies into existing health plans.

    Purpose: To provide a comprehensive review of the history of biomedicine and the relation of alternative therapies to conventional …

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