Talking Health: Conventional and Complementary Approaches - Hardcover

The Royal Society Of Medicine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0905958640 ISBN 13: 9780905958644

Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

Can conventional medicine meet the needs of every patient? Can current interest in complementary therapies be explained simply by communication problems between doctors and patients? Have technological advances in modern medicine resulted in de-personalization, and is the modern hospice movement society's reaction? Is complementary medicine scientific and is there any proof that it works? Should complementary practitioners be included in multidisciplinary teams to provide "whole person" care? Is there a role for Christian counselling? How does the layman view the medical scene? What are the implications of the present trend towards self-health? These and other questions are discussed in this report of a series of colloquia held at the Royal Society of Medicine, following a suggestion by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, who has contributed the foreword.

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0905958640
• ISBN 13: 9780905958644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 172
• Editor: Watt J., Wood Clive