The Healing Bond: The Patient-Practitioner Relationship and Therapeutic Responsibility / Edition 1

by Susan Budd, Ursula Sharma

Overview

The growing popularity of alternative therapies poses challenging questions for the medical establishment and the state. By confronting these questions, The Healing Bond makes an important contribution to current debates about health care. The contributors, who are all experts in the fields of health care, social science and the law, focus on the relationship between patient and healer in both orthodox and non-orthodox forms of healing practice. They consider whether different forms of healing involve widely differing conceptions of the role and responsibilities of the healer, and deal with topical issues such as medical litigation, codes of ethics for complementary practitioners, and co-operation between orthodox and complementary medicine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415090520
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/1994
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Susan Budd, Ursula Sharma

Table of Contents

Mary Douglas; Calliope Farsides; David Peters; Roy Porter; Richenda Power; Margaret Stacey; Rob Summerling; Gillian Vanhegan