Cancer Alternative Medicine
Herbal Medicine, Healing, and Cancer
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More and more people who have been diagnosed with cancer or related illnesses embrace alternative medicines, and seek out holistic practitioners who use vitamins, herbs, nutrition, homeopathy, and acupuncture to treat the disease. This long-aw...
Lung Cancer
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A guide for patients and caregivers describes symptoms and diagnosis of lung cancer, compares treatments, discusses the emotional effects of lung cancer on the patients and their families, and covers types of alternative medicines that are available Copyr
Cancer and the Search for Selective Biochemical Inhibitors
The world of medicine has become splintered into two factions, that of orthodoxy and its counterpart, alternative or complementary medicine. A problem with alternative medicine is, of course, that of anecdote and hearsay.
Bone
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In this memoir, a Canadian writer, who was diagnosed with uterine cancer in her 60s, draws on her diary entries to describe how she combined conventional and alternative medicines in her battle against the disease.
Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Cancer Care
Drawing on comparative fieldwork in the UK, Pakistan and Australia, this book provides the first systematic assessment of pathways and access to CAM and how it is used in health practice and by individuals with cancer.
Therapeutic Pluralism
The profile of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has risen dramatically over the last decade and cancer patients represent its most prolific users. As a result, the NHS and UK cancer services are attempting to develop a wider range of therapeutic options for patients.