Traditional, Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Policy And Public Health Perspectives

"This edited volume provides a compelling global overview of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine."HerbalGram"The impressive team of contributors to this book foreshadows its likely impact on the ongoing integration of the main forms of TCAM and modern medicine ... It will be of value to government policy-makers, regulators, researchers and health-care practitioners." Bulletin of the World Health Organization"This highly readable and informative book is a useful addition to the growing literature on traditional, complementary and alternative medicine. Its focus on policy and public health issues, particularly in relation to traditional medicine in Asia and Africa and alternative and complementary medicine in North America and Europe, make this book unique and will hopefully encourage further work in this very important field at the interface of public health science and policy."The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

• * Introduction: Policy and Public Health Perspectives on TCAM (G Bodeker et al.) * Financing TCAM Treatment (G Burford et al.) * Training (G Bodeker et al.) * Safety: Issues and Policy (G Shia et al.) * Pharmacovigilance of Herbal Medicines: A UK Perspective (J Barnes) * Medicinal Plant Biodiversity and Local Health Care: Sustainable Use and Livelihood Development (G Bodeker & G Burford) * Kitchen Herbal Gardens: Biodiversity Conservation and Health Care at the Local Level (P Venkatasubramaniam et al.) * Humanitarian Responses to Traditional Medicine for Refugee Care (C Neumann & G Bodeker) * Public-Private Partnerships: A Case Study from East Africa (P Mbindyo) * Malaria (M L Willcox & G Bodeker) * HIV/AIDS: Traditional Systems of Health Care in the Management of a Global Epidemic (G Bodeker et al.) * An Overview of Clinical Studies on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in HIV Infection and AIDS (J Liu) * Skin and Wound Care: TCAM in Public Health Dermatology (G Bodeker et al.) * Traditional Approaches to Treating Musculoskeletal Conditions: Beyond "Bonesetting" (G Burford et al.) * Clinical Trial Methodology (R R Chaudhury et al.) * Ethical Issues in Research (M L Willcox et al.) * Intellectual Property Rights (G Bodeker)