Reader's Guide to Alternative Health Methods - Softcover

Hafner, Arthur Wayne; American Medical Association

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0899705251 ISBN 13: 9780899705255

Publisher: Amer Medical Assn

Synopsis

An analysis of more than 1000 reports, published mainly between 1980 and 1992, on unproven, disproven, controversial, fraudulent, quack, and otherwise questionable approaches to solving health problems. Organizations that promote alternative methods and organizations and publications that are skeptical of these methods are listed. Designed for the lay reader, the topics included are those most frequently asked of the AMA, including chiropractic, herbs, faith healing, raw milk, kinesiology, vitamin C, and biofeedback. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Reviews

The American Medical Association can't be expected to be entirely objective about a book on alternative health methods. Even so, this book is of limited usefulness. After a brief overview of quakery, there are equally brief descriptions of alternative cures plus annotations of both critical and proponent literature. However, few proponent works are cited. Although some of the methods listed are indeed useless--e.g., psychic surgery, firewalking--many, like therapeutic touch, do help people feel better. This book would be more useful for those writing undergraduate term papers than for consumers who need more in-depth and objective information.
- Natalie Kupferberg, Montana State Univ. Lib., Bozeman
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Medical Assn
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0899705251
• ISBN 13: 9780899705255
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348
• Editor: Zwicky John F.