Routledge Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Introduction Part 1: Disciplinary Frameworks, Law, Sociology and History 1. Limits and Liberties: CAM, regulation and the medical consumer in historical perspective 2. Power and Professionalism in CAM: A Sociological Approach 3. Legal Frameworks, Professional Regulation and CAM Practice: Perspectives from the UK Part 2: Diversity of Professions and Practices 4. Developing Naturopathy in Interwar Britain 5. Practising Ayurveda in the UK: Simplification, Modification, Hyphenation and Hybridisation 6. Shamanism and Safety: Ancient Practices and Modern Issues 7. The Knowledgeable Doer: Nurse and Midwife Integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in NHS Hospitals 8. The Nexus Between the Social and the Medical: How can we Understand the Proliferation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Enhancing Fertility and Treating Infertility Part 3: Risk and Regulation: CAM Products, Practitioners and the State 9. Making CAM Auditable: Technologies of Assurance in CAM Practice Today 10. The Harm Principle and Liability for CAM Practice: A Comparative Analysis of Canadian and United States Health Freedom Laws 11. Risk and Regulation: CAM Products, Practitioners and the State: Perspective on Risk and Protection of the Public in the Australian Media 12. Traditional Medicine and the Law in Kenya 13. Regulation of Complementary Medicines in Australia: Influences and Policy Drivers 14. Intuitive Spiritual Medicine: Negotiating Incommensurability 15. Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Practitioners and the Canadian Health Care System: The Role of the State in Creating the Necessary Vacancies 16. Aspirations, Integration and the Politics of Regulation in the YK, Past and Future Part 4: Critical Perspectives on Knowledge in CAM 17. CAM and Conventional Medicine in Switzerland: Divided in Theory, United in Practice 18. Patient Choice and Professional Regulation: How Patients Choose CAM Practitioners 19. (Re)Articulating Identities Through Learning Space: Training for Massage and Reflexology 20. Research Evidence and Clinical Practice in Homeopathy 21. Towards a Learning Profession? Adapting Clinical Governance for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 22. The Relation Between the Advancement of CAM Knowledge and the Regulation of Biomedical Research Conclusion