Modern medicine has been staggeringly successful in delivering better health and longer lifespan. But in the developed world doctors are still struggling to treat chronic, often lifestyle-related killers such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Physicians also have little in their armoury to cope with the huge increase in immune system problems such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. Millions of people are turning to alternative therapies, feeling that they provide the relief medical science cannot deliver. Only a handful of these therapies have been properly tested so many scientists dismiss them as nonsense. The Whole Story Toby Murcott rounds up the latest evidence on the placebo effect, the randomized control trial, personalized genetic medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy and more. It comes to a provocative conclusion: alternative therapies could provide valuable new ways to help chronic diseases. Biochemist and science journalist Toby Murcott challenges conventional medicine to drop its prejudices and investigate these treatments rigorously in pursuit of powerful new approaches to healthcare.
By:
S. Robinson,
Kevin Kendrick,
Alan Brown
Imprint: Red Globe Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 346g
ISBN: 9780333777978
ISBN 10: 0333777972
Pages: 251
Publication Date: 19 November 2003
Audience:
General/trade
,
Professional and scholarly
,
College/higher education
,
ELT Advanced
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Spirituality: The Story So Far Spirituality: A Working Defintion Health, Illness, Suffering and Spirituality Spirituality and Assessment Spirituality in Practice From the Cradle... ...To The Grave Spirituality and Mental Health Spirituality and Learning Disability Spirituality and the Professions.
SIMON ROBINSON is Running Stream Professor of Applied and Professional Ethics at Leeds Metropolitan University. He has published extensively on business ethics, bioethics, the ethics and spirituality of healthcare, and values and care in Higher Education.