The Whole Story. Alternative Medicine on Trial?
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Author(s): T. Murcott
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1403945004
Format: hardback
173pp
Price: £16.99
Review Date: 14 June 2005
Review: Alternative and complementary therapies are now a branch of health care. How can we tell if they work? What methods do we have that will tell us? This book aims to answer these questions and looks at the latest research into complementary medicines, practitioners and patients. Toby Murcott, a biochemist and journalist, looks at the evidence available and the complexities involved in making decisions on the efficacies of healthcare decisions and treatments. he also investigates homeopathy, acupuncture, osteopathy, chiropractice, and a wide range of complementary medicines and therapies and their relationship to evidence-based medicine.