Beyond Complementary Medicine: Legal and Ethical Perspectives on Health Care and Human Evolution

Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2000-12-22
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0472111353
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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Consumers increasingly are turning to complementary medicine, such as acupuncture, chiropractic, naturopathy, massage therapy, dietary supplements and herbs, energy healing, meditation and yoga, and mind-body therapies. This book addresses the growing interest in the legal, ethical, and regulatory aspects of integrating such care into conventional clinical settings.
Integration of divergent philosophies, paradigms, and practices requires responsible investigation, informed judgment, and open-minded yet critical study and analysis of various systems of healing. Michael H. Cohen offers providers and policymakers vitally important information by addressing questions such as credentialing, malpractice, informed consent, and liability for referrals. He describes both practical strategies for minimizing liability, as well as the necessary future evolution of the legal and regulatory structure.
Cohen also probes uncharted ethical and bioethical issues in complementary medicine and integ Download Beyond Complementary Medicine for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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