TY  - BOOK
AU  - Langwith,Jacqueline
TI  - Alternative medicine
T2  - Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints
SN  - 9780737743333 (lib. bdg.) :
AV  - R733 .A4586 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Detroit
PB  - Greenhaven Press
KW  - Alternative medicine
KW  - Juvenile literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-172) and index; ch. 1: Is alternative medicine effective?  Acupuncture is effective / Mike Adams -- Acupuncture is ineffective / Stephen Barrett -- Homeopathy is effective / Carolyn Dean and Elissa Meininger -- Homeopathy is ineffective / Ben Goldacre -- Chiropractic is effective / National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Chiropractic is mostly ineffective / Bruce Thyer and Gary Whittenberger -- ch. 2: Does alternative medicine help fight disease?  Alternative medicine can cure cancer / R. Webster Kehr -- Alternative medicine cannot cure cancer / Edzard Ernst -- Alternative medicine can help fight autism / Kenneth A. Bock -- Alternative medicine treatments for autism are ineffective / Jeff Grabmeier -- Chinese stem cell treatments can help treat childhood blindness / Wally Kennedy -- Chinese stem cell treatments are unpredictable and risky / Mark Borchert, interviewed by Joe Neel -- ch. 3: What role should alternative medicine play in health care in the United States?  There are many definitions of alternative medicine in the United States / Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public -- Alternative medicine has a lot in common with mainstream American medicine / John Gamel -- The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine provides benefits to the American public / Josephine P. Briggs and Richard J. Turman -- The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine should be eliminated / Wallace Sampson -- Many U.S. medical schools are teaching alternative medicine / Katherine S. Mangan -- U.S. medical schools should not teach alternative medicine -- Facts about  complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) -- Organizations to contact
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