Complementary and Alternative Medicine Ethics, the Patient, and the Physician /
Complementary and Alternative Medicine examines the real-life implications of patient issues and the healthcare system in which care is delivered. Because complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are not presently considered to be a part of conventional medicine, this book discusses the effect t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, NJ :
Humana Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Biomedical Ethics Reviews
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Summary: | Complementary and Alternative Medicine examines the real-life implications of patient issues and the healthcare system in which care is delivered. 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. |
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| Physical Description: | XVI, 242 p. 1 illus. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781597453813 |
