Alternative Medicine A Critical Assessment of 150 Modalities /

• Main Author: Ernst, Edzard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Copernicus, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Medicine .; Health.; Complementary medicine.; Health psychology.; Bioethics.; Health economics.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Complementary & Alternative Medicine.; Health Psychology.; Health Economics.

Alternative medicine (AM) is hugely popular; about 40% of the US general population have used at least one type of alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%. The money spent on AM is considerable: the global market is expected to reach nearly US $ 200 billion b...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Why Evidence
• The Attractiveness of Alternative Medicine
• The Unattractiveness of Alternative Medicine
• Ethical Problems in Alternative Medicine
• Other Issues
• Diagnostic Techniques
• Medicines and Oral Treatments
• Physical Therapies
• Other Therapies
• Umbrella Terms.