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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aR733 _b.R84 2004
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100	1		_aRuggie, Mary, _d1945- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMarginal to mainstream : _balternative medicine in America / _cby Mary Ruggie.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2004.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 232 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aMillions of Americans are using complementary and alternative medicine and spending billions of dollars, out-of-pocket, for it. Why? Do the therapies work? Are they safe? Are any covered by insurance? How is the medical profession responding to the growing use of therapies that were only recently thought of as quackery? These are some of the many questions asked and answered in this book. It describes a transformation in the status of alternative medicine within health care. Paving the way toward legitimacy is research currently underway and funded by the National Institutes of Health. This research is proving the safety and efficacy of certain therapies and the harm or inefficacy of others. While some therapies will remain alternative to conventional medicine, others are becoming complementary, and still others are busting the boundaries and contributing to a new approach to health and healing called integrative medicine.
650		0	_aAlternative medicine.
650		0	_aSelf-care, Health.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521834292
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511810619
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