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Alternative medicine (AM) is popular; about 40% of the US general population have used alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%. The global market is expected to reach nearly US $ 200 billion by 2025, with most of these funds coming directly out of consumers’ pockets.

Consumers are bombarded with misleading and false information on AM and therefore prone to making wrong, unwise, or dangerous therapeutic decisions, endangering their health and wasting their money.

This book is a reference text aimed at guiding consumers through the maze of AM. This second edition includes over 50 additional treatments as well as updates on many others.



Table of Contents
Introduction.- Why Evidence.- The Attractiveness of Alternative Medicine.- The Unattractiveness of Alternative Medicine.- Ethical Problems in Alternative Medicine.- Other Issues.- Diagnostic Techniques.- Medicines and Oral Treatments.- Physical Therapies.- Other Therapies.- Umbrella Terms.

Alternative Medicine: A Critical Assessment of

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      Publisher Springer International Publishing AG
      Published 25 November 2022
      ISBN-13 9783031107092
      978-3031107092
      ISBN-10 3031107098
      Also in:
      Popular medicine and health Complementary and alternative medicine Health psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Alternative medicine (AM) is popular; about 40% of the US general population have used alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%. The global market is expected to reach nearly US $ 200 billion by 2025, with most of these funds coming directly out of consumers’ pockets.

      Consumers are bombarded with misleading and false information on AM and therefore prone to making wrong, unwise, or dangerous therapeutic decisions, endangering their health and wasting their money.

      This book is a reference text aimed at guiding consumers through the maze of AM. This second edition includes over 50 additional treatments as well as updates on many others.



      Table of Contents
      Introduction.- Why Evidence.- The Attractiveness of Alternative Medicine.- The Unattractiveness of Alternative Medicine.- Ethical Problems in Alternative Medicine.- Other Issues.- Diagnostic Techniques.- Medicines and Oral Treatments.- Physical Therapies.- Other Therapies.- Umbrella Terms.

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