Alternative medicine

Series:

Opposing viewpoints series

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press,

Pub. Date:

[2008]

Language:

English

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Alternative medicine
Chiropractic
Herbs
Herbs -- Therapeutic use
Therapeutic use

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Table of Contents

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Why consider opposing viewpoints? --

Introduction --

ch. 1. Does alternative medicine work? --

Chapter preface --

1. Homeopathic medicine is effective / Dana Ullman --

2. Homeopathic medicine is ineffective / Robert Todd Carroll --

3. Chiropractic can reduce some types of pain / Michael Menke --

4. Chiropractic is a potentially dangerous pseudoscience / John Jackson --

5. Herbal medicines are effective / Danny Siegenthaler --

6. Herbal medicines vary in their effectiveness and some may be dangerous / Jane E. Brody --

Periodical bibliography --

ch. 2. Why is alternative medicine popular? --

Chapter preface --

1. People choose alternative medicine because they are dissatisfied with conventional medicine / Benedict Carey --

2. People choose alternative medicine because they fall for sales pitches / Stephen Barrett and William Jarvis --

3. People choose alternative medicine because they want to believe it works / Ben Goldacre --

4. Employers choose alternative medicine to combat health care costs / George DeVries --

Periodical bibliography.

ch. 3. Can alternative and conventional medicine work together? --

Chapter preface --

1. Spirituality should be part of conventional medical treatment / Barbara Anan Kogan --

2. Spirituality should not be part of conventional medical treatment / Timothy N. Gorski --

3. Alternative medicine should submit to conventional testing standards / National Academies --

4. Conventional medical testing standards are flawed / E. Haavi Morreim --

5. Alternative medicine should be integrated into medical school / Philippe Szapary --

6. Alternative medicine should be evaluated critically in medical school / Wallace Sampson --

Periodical bibliography.

ch. 4. What should government do to research and regulate alternative medicine? --

Chapter preface --

1. FDA should tightly regulate herbal supplements / Joe Dobrin --

2. Tighter regulation of herbal supplements may overshadow their appropriate use / James S. Gordon --

3. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine promotes pseudoscience / Kimball C. Atwood IV --

4. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine promotes valuable research / Stephen E. Straus and Margaret A. Chesney --

Periodical bibliography --

For further discussion --

Organizations to contact --

Bibliography of books --

Index.

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