Primary health care and complementary and integrative medicine : practice and research / editors, Jon Adams, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Parker Magin, University of Newcastle, Australia, Alex Broom, The University of Queensland, Australia. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 231 pages) - Gale virtual reference library .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

chapter 1. Primary health care, complementary and alternative medicine and women's health : a focus upon menopause / Amie Steel, Jane Frawley, Jon Adams, David Sibbritt, and Alex Broom -- chapter 2. Complementary and integrative medicine, aging and chronic illness : towards an interprofessional approach in primary health care / Kevin D. Willison, Sally Lindsay, Marissa Taylor, Harold Schroeder, and Gavin J. Andrews -- chapter 3. Complementary and alternative medicine and skin disease in general practice / Parker Magin and Jon Adams -- chapter 4. Naturopaths : their role in primary health care delivery / Jon Wardle and Jon Adams -- chapter 5. Linking complementary and alternative medicine, traditional medicine and primary health care : the role of local health traditions in promoting health security / Daniel Hollenberg and Maria Costanza Torri -- chapter 6. Examining the relationship between complementary and integrative medicine and rural general practice : a focus upon health services research / Jon Wardle, Jon Adams, Alex Broom, and David Sibbritt -- chapter 7. (Just) who is the expert? The ambiguity of expertise in over-the-counter CAM purchasing : an ethnographic study of UK community pharmacies and health shops / Helen Cramer, Lesley Wye, Marjorie Weiss, and Ali Shaw -- chapter 8. Integrating complementary medicine in primary health care as a response to contemporary challenges : a focus upon effectiveness gaps and self-care / David Peters -- chapter 9. Exploring a model of integrative medicine : a case study in Swedish primary health care / Tobias Sundberg -- chapter 10. Integration in primary health care : a focus upon practice and education and the importance of a critical social science perspective / Jon Adams, Daniel Hollenberg, Alex Broom, Amie Steel, David Sibbritt, and Chi-Wai Lui.

This book outlines the core issues, challenges and opportunities facing the complementary and integrative medicine (CIM)--primary health care interface.

9781848169777 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781848169784 (electronic book)


Alternative medicine.
Integrative medicine.
Primary health care.

RA427.9 / .P748 2013

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