Borderland Practices: Regulating Alternative Therapies in New Zealand

Author:   Kevin Dew
Publisher:   Otago University Press
ISBN:  

9781877276521


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   01 June 2003
Format:   Paperback
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Borderland Practices: Regulating Alternative Therapies in New Zealand


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There are quacks and charlatans on both sides of the orthodox/alternative medicine divide, yet there are therapeutic practices which are undeniably beneficial on both sides as well, argues Dew. For him, the problem becomes the ways in which these practices are validated and regulated, encompassing questions of access to state funds, who has the right to control particular techniques, what standards are used to provide legitimacy, and other conundrums. He argues that alternative therapies are being subsumed by a philosophy of rationalism that promotes a particular orthodoxy that limits the accepted claims and practices of alternative medicines in New Zealand.

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Author:   Kevin Dew
Publisher:   Otago University Press
Imprint:   Otago University Press
Weight:   0.294kg
ISBN:  

9781877276521


ISBN 10:   1877276529
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   01 June 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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