This book explores the historical, social, political and cultural facets of integration between complementary and alternative medicine and nursing/midwifery. It examines the ever-expanding integration in relation to:
- the role and conceptualization of the patient
- the role and responsibilities of different professional healthcare providers (nurses, midwives, alternative therapists, etc)
- the future provision and approach of nursing and midwifery practice
- the challenges and opportunities currently facing healthcare systems as a result of integration.
This innovative book provides the first critical overview of this important field of health research. It is important reading for medical sociologists, nurses and other health professionals - as well as students in these areas - with an interest in complementary and alternative medicine.
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| Acknowledgements |
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Introduction: Towards a critical social science of CAM in nursing and midwivery |
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PART I Inter-professional issues |
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CAM integration in inter-professional context: nursing, midwifery and medicine in Canada |
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The emerging role of alternative midwifery within the wider socio-political sphere: a focus upon alternative birth care providers and their relationship with conventional medicine |
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`Snake oil peddling': CAM and the occupational status of doctors and nurses |
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52 | (19) |
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PART II Intra-professional issues |
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The authentication of CAM in nursing: an examination of historic referencing in selected nursing journals |
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CAM, nursing and the meanings of care |
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Nurses and midwives in alternative health care: comparative processes of boundary re-configuration in Israel |
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PART III Public health and patient issues |
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`Latent' and `realised' risk cultures: woman-centred midwifery and CAM |
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137 | (19) |
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CAM, holistic wellness nursing and the new public health |
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| Index |
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Jon Adams is Senior Lecturer at the School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia. Philip Tovey is Reader in Health Sociology, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK.
