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Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Ethics, the Patient, and the Physician
Biomedical Ethics Reviews

von: Lois Snyder
96,29 €
Verlag:	Humana Press
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	17.11.2007
ISBN/EAN:	9781597453813
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	242

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Titelbeschreibung

<P>Complementary and Alternative Medicine examines the real-life implications of patient issues and the healthcare system in which care is delivered.</P>
<P>Because complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are not presently considered to be a part of conventional medicine, this book discusses the effect that CAM has on patients, physicians, healthcare, and policymakers. Also included are the implications that CAM has on traditional patient-physician relationships as well as the physician's ethical obligations on this subject. </P>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Context for Thinking About Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Ethics.- Complementry and Alternative Medicine.- Complementary and Alternative Medicine.- Advising Patients and Communicating About Complementary and Alternative Medicine.- Patient and Medical Education on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.- Legal and Risk Management Issues in Complementary and Alternative Medicne.- Whose Evidence, Which Methods?.

Sonderbeitrag

Examines the ethical challenges that CAM raises for patients and their physicians, and for patient-physician relationships Includes valuable patient education resources on CAM Discusses legal and risk management issues in CAM Presents a forward-looking exploration of current and potential ethical challenges in CAM research Written by a multidisciplinary team of CAM ethics and policy analysts, researchers and thought-leaders Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras