| Description |
viii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The empirical, theoretical and policy context in international perspective -- 2. Methodology : an overview of approach and research sites in the UK, Australia and Pakistan -- 3. The nature of CAM-focused cancer support groups -- 4. Group performance : enacting therapeutic alternatives in the collective environment -- 5. Confined innovation : organisational challenge and its limitations -- 6. An exploratory comparative case study from Australia -- 7. Consumption, and perceptions, of traditional, complementary and biomedical cancer treatments in Pakistan -- 8. Patients' negotiation of therapeutic options -- 9. Interprofessional conflict and strategic alliance |
| Summary |
"Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Cancer Care provides the first in-depth exploration of the role patient support groups play in the provision of CAM in the UK and Australia. It also looks at the utilisation of non-biomedical treatments in Pakistan focusing on the role of informal social networks."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Alternative treatment -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Complementary Therapies.
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Neoplasms -- therapy.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Self-Help Groups.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
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Pakistan. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010154 |
| Author |
Chatwin, John.
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Broom, Alex.
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| LC no. |
2006029003 |
| ISBN |
0415359945 paperback |
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9780415359931 hardback |
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0415359937 hardback |
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9780415359948 paperback |
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