Alternative Medicine and Ethics

James M. Humber, Robert F. Almeder (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

220 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1998
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-61737-037-3 (ISBN)

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Leading bioethicists and philosophers examine and debate the question of how the health care system should deal with using complimentary and alternative medicines. The distinguished authorities writing here both defend and criticize alternative medicine, with some arguing that the medical system should change substantially in order to accommodate alternative medicine, and others claiming that virtually all alternative treatments are worthless. In the heat of the debate many fundamental issues are raised concerning our health care system, among them the questions of therapeutic effectiveness, media truthfulness, the patient's freedom to choose among treatment options, health insurance coverage, the ability of the current healthcare delivery system to meet patients' needs, and government approval of alternative medicines.

“Alternative” Medicine: More Hype than Hope.- Understanding the Integration of Alternative Modalities into an Emerging Healthcare Model in the United States.- Healthcare Plans as Gatekeepers: Alternative Medicine.- Insurance Coverage for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Access, Challenges, and Policy.- Legal and Ethical Dilemmas Surrounding Prayer as a Method of Alternative Healing for Children.- Alternative Medicine: Ethical Challenges for the Profession of Pharmacy.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.11.2010
Reihe/Serie	Biomedical Ethics Reviews
Zusatzinfo	IX, 220 p.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-10	1-61737-037-1 / 1617370371
ISBN-13	978-1-61737-037-3 / 9781617370373
Zustand	Neuware