Acupuncture, Expertise and Cross-Cultural Medicine - (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History) by R Bivins (Hardcover)

Name: Acupuncture, Expertise and Cross-Cultural Medicine - (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History) by R Bivins (Hardcover)
Brand: Palgrave MacMillan
SKU: 1006473208
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Alternative medicine is a fifty billion dollar per year industry.
About the Author: ROBERTA BIVENS is a Research Associate in the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, where she continues to research cross-cultural medical practices in Twentieth-century Britain.
263 Pages
History, General
Series Name: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History

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Alternative medicine is a fifty billion dollar per year industry. But is it all nonsense? The Whole Story rounds up the latest evidence on the placebo effect, the randomized control trial, personalized genetic medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy and more. It reaches a provocative conclusion: alternative therapies' whole-body approach might be just what medicine really needs right now to help crack the tough, chronic conditions seemingly untouched by the revolutions of surgery, antiseptics, antibiotics, vaccines and molecular biology.

About the Author

ROBERTA BIVENS is a Research Associate in the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, where she continues to research cross-cultural medical practices in Twentieth-century Britain.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.7 Inches (H) x 5.78 Inches (W) x .89 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.17 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 263

Genre: History

Sub-Genre: General

Series Title: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Format: Hardcover

Author: R Bivins

Language: English

Street Date: November 24, 2000

TCIN: 1006473208

UPC: 9780333918937

Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-4774

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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