{"product_id":"9780415351638","title":"Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Structures and Safeguards","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a fascinating and fast-changing area of medicine. This book explores the challenging issues associated with CAM in the context of the social, political and cultural influences that shape people's health. It:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprovides an overview of social change, consumption and debates arising from the increased public interest in CAM, arguing for and against different classifications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscusses how CAM developed in a political and historical context, critically assessing the importance of ethics and values to CAM practice and how these inform what practitioners do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eanalyzes the question of what people want, the changing contested nature of health, and the nature of personal and social factors associated with the use of CAM\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexamines the diversity of settings in which CAM takes place \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexplores the social, political and economic milieu in which CAM is provided and used.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is one of three core texts for the forthcoming Open University course K221 Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (first presented in February 2005).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46256300687601,"sku":"9780415351638","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780415351638_p0.jpg?v=1764997484","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780415351638","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}