Spirituality and the Practice of Health Care - Couverture souple

Robinson, S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0333777972 ISBN 13 : 9780333777978

Editeur : Palgrave, 2003

Synopsis

Modern medicine has been staggeringly successful in delivering better health and longer lifespan. But in the developed world doctors are still struggling to treat chronic, often lifestyle-related killers such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Physicians also have little in their armoury to cope with the huge increase in immune system problems such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis.

Millions of people are turning to alternative therapies, feeling that they provide the relief medical science cannot deliver. Only a handful of these therapies have been properly tested so many scientists dismiss them as nonsense.

The Whole Story Toby Murcott rounds up the latest evidence on the placebo effect, the randomized control trial, personalized genetic medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy and more. It comes to a provocative conclusion: alternative therapies could provide valuable new ways to help chronic diseases. Biochemist and science journalist Toby Murcott challenges conventional medicine to drop its prejudices and investigate these treatments rigorously in pursuit of powerful new approaches to healthcare.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Agent: Caroline Walsh at David Higham
; Alan Brown writes for children of all ages. His picture books include titles like Hoot and Holler and I Am A Dog. For older children, there is his Arthurian novel Sword and Sorcery, as well as a book about the Tolpuddle Martyrs and their transportation to Australia called Tolpuddle Boy. Alan lives in Derbyshire, where he works on creative writing with children and adults in writing groups, schools and libraries.; SIMON ROBINSON is Running Stream Professor of Applied and Professional Ethics at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0333777972
• ISBN 13: 9780333777978
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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