Complementary and Alternative Medicine in

This book explores the historical, social, political and cultural facets of integration between complementary and alternative medicine and nursing/midwifery. It examines the ever-expanding integration in relation to: the role and conceptualization of the patient the role and responsibilities of different professional healthcare providers (nurses, midwives, alternative therapists, etc) the future provision and approach of nursing and midwifery practice the challenges and opportunities currently facing healthcare systems as a result of integration. This innovative book provides the first critical overview of this important field of health research. It is important reading for medical sociologists, nurses and other health professionals - as well as students in these areas - with an interest in complementary and alternative medicine.

Notes on contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xii
List of abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction: Towards a critical social science of CAM in nursing and midwivery	p. 1
Inter-professional issues	p. 9
CAM integration in inter-professional context: nursing, midwifery and medicine in Canada	p. 11
The emerging role of alternative midwifery within the wider socio-political sphere: a focus upon alternative birth care providers and their relationship with conventional medicine	p. 33
'Snake oil peddling': CAM and the occupational status of doctors and nurses	p. 52
Intra-professional issues	p. 71
The authentication of CAM in nursing: an examination of historic referencing in selected nursing journals	p. 73
CAM, nursing and the meanings of care	p. 93
Nurses and midwives in alternative health care: comparative processes of boundary re-configuration in Israel	p. 113
Public health and patient issues	p. 135
'Latent' and 'realised' risk cultures: woman-centred midwifery and CAM	p. 137
CAM, holistic wellness nursing and the new public health	p. 156
Index	p. 177
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Nursing and Midwifery: Towards a Critical Social Science

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