The rise and rise of complementary and alternative medicine: a sociological perspective
Top Cited Papers
- 7 June 2004
- journal article
- complementary and-alternative-medicine
- Published by Wiley in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 180 (11) , 587-589
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06099.x
Abstract
Major reasons for the growth in the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), in Australia and elsewhere, are general societal changes rather than specific reasons internal to medicine. T...Keywords
This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Escalating Cost and Prevalence of Alternative MedicinePreventive Medicine, 2002
- Why are Australian GPs using alternative medicine?Journal of Sociology, 2000
- Evidence of the effects of health care: a plea for a single standard across ‘orthodox’ and ‘complementary’ medicineComplementary Therapies in Medicine, 1998
- Alternative Medicine — The Risks of Untested and Unregulated RemediesNew England Journal of Medicine, 1998
- Why Patients Use Alternative MedicineJAMA, 1998
- Postmodern values, dissatisfaction with conventional medicine and popularity of alternative therapiesJournal of Sociology, 1998
- Directory of Databases for Research into Alternative and Complementary Medicine: An UpdateThe Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 1997
- Complementary medicine: the need for auditComplementary Therapies in Medicine, 1996
- Prevalence and cost of alternative medicine in AustraliaThe Lancet, 1996
- Alternative medicine in the United StatesSocial Science & Medicine, 1994