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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewShadow Medicine explores the foundations of both reductionist biomedicine and complementary and alternative medicine. John S. Haller Jr. shows why the former is unable to deal adequately with the placebo effect and the latter cannot judge the efficacy of its individualistic interventions. This book is an important contribution to an understanding of the contemporary health scene and merits a wide audience. -- Gerry Grob, Rutgers University Shadow Medicine is authored by a master historian of medicine and represents an exciting voyage through the complex worlds of evidence-based medicine and complementary and alternative therapies. The author, who exercises great objectivity, sees possibilities in the placebo effect eventually serving as a catalyst to create common ground between conventional and alternative therapies. -- Pascal James Imperato, MD, MACP, SUNY Downstate Medical Center This provocative book is aimed at challenging the research community, and the questions it raises are important for patients and doctors alike. Publishers Weekly A great read... Brilliantly presented... ZME Science
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Evidence-Based Medicine Normative Science Big Pharma Cochrane Collaboration Cochrane Complementary Medicine Ethics and Equipoise 2. Postmodernist Medicine Psychosomatic Medicine Spirituality Open Door CAM Popularity American Medical Schools 3. "The Powerful Placebo" Beecher's Discovery What and How Doctor as Drug The Factor of Trust The Assumptive World 4. Politics of Healing Office of Alternative Medicine Wayne Jonas Quantitative Methods Working Group NCCAM White House Commission Institute of Medicine Report The Next Decade 5. Complementary and Alternative Medicine's Challenge: A Case Study More of Less Is More: Homeopathy Homeopathic Practice Matter and Energy Ships in the Night To RCT or Not to RCT The Rebuttal The Dilemma 6. Reassessment Appendix: U.S. Centers for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Notes Bibliography Index
