{"product_id":"shadow-medicine-9780231169042","title":"Shadow Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShadow 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 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","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400286052695,"sku":"9780231169042","price":29.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shadow-medicine-9780231169042","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}