Drawing on her background in anthropology, Sharma (sociology, U. of Derby) examines the concept of caste, noting its origin in orientalist descriptions of Indian society, and tracing how it made its way into social scientific discourse as a tool for the comparative analysis of social stratification. She takes exception with the notion that caste is specific to Hindu India, and argues that it can be used to clarify social inequality and cultural differences in modern societies. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Caste (Concepts in the Social Sciences)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sharma, Ursula

Social Sciences

Open Univ Pr

Complementary medicine consists of a variety of clinical practices, the efficacy of which has been hotly debated. Some members of the orthodox medical profession castigate complementary medicine as useless and dangerous, while others accept that it has a value. Despite this, during the past decade, the practice of alternative medicine has grown rapidly and many patients, dissatisfied with orthodox medicine, are turning to it. This study examines the effect of its rise in popularity and the questions it raises for the orthodox medical profession. It explores complementary medicine in its social and political context and explores the attitudes of medical practitioners and patients to it. By relating research to central issues in medical sociology and anthropology, the text addresses those questions of principle and policy which the growth of the complementary therapies has raised.

Complementary Medicine Today: Practitioners and Patients

Tavistock Books

Complementary Medicine Today provides an examination of current British medical practice and demonstrates the ways in which the social sciences can clarify some of the practical, political, and ethical issues raised by alternative health care.

Sociology

Routledge

The Healing Bond: The Patient-Practitioner Relationship and Therapeutic Responsibility

<p>This book combines the expertise of practitioners and researchers to address the wide range of debates currently taking place in relation to the politics of the practitioner-client relationship.</p>

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Budd, Susan

Psychology & Counseling

A New Medical Pluralism: Complementary Medicine, Doctors, Patients And The State

<p>First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.</p>

Cant, Sarah

Alternative Medicine

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Caste (Concepts in the Social Sciences)

Complementary Medicine Today: Practitioners and Patients

Complementary Medicine Today: Practitioners and Patients

The Healing Bond: The Patient-Practitioner Relationship and Therapeutic Responsibility

A New Medical Pluralism: Complementary Medicine, Doctors, Patients And The State

A New Medical Pluralism: Complementary Medicine, Doctors, Patients And The State