Using Alternative Therapies: A Qualitative Analysis - Couverture souple

Low, Jacqueline

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1551302640 ISBN 13 : 9781551302645

Editeur : Canadian Scholars, 2004

Synopsis

This book provides a distinctive sociological inquiry into the perspectives and social issues surrounding the use of alternative therapies. Dr. Low presents the experiences of twenty-one Canadians who use alternative approaches to health care.

Her study foregrounds the lay perspective by using a symbolic interactionist approach, which emphasizes individuals' own understanding of reality as a basis for their actions.

Dr. Low analyses why the participants in the study came to use alternative therapies; the ideologies informing the models of health and healing they espouse; the impact these beliefs have on them, and the implications of their experiences for Canadian health care policy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Jacqueline Low is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of New Brunsiwkc. Her areas of research specialization include: lay use of alternative health care, chronic illness and disability, deviant behaviour, and qualitative research methods.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Canadian Scholars
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1551302640
• ISBN 13: 9781551302645
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible