Alternative and Bio-Medicine in Israel : : Boundaries and Bridges / / Emma Averbuch, Judith T. Shuval.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
• VerfasserIn: Shuval, Judith T.,; Averbuch, Emma,
• MitwirkendeR: Ashkenazi, Yael,; Ben-Arye, Eran,; Cohen, Moshe,; Davies, Jonathan,; Gross, Revital,; Gross, Sky,; Keshet, Yael,; Mizrachi, Nissim,; Schachter, Leora,; Shuval, Judith T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (290 p.)

This book explores the macro and micro social contexts in which alternative and bio-medicine co-exist in Israel. It includes a history of alternative health care in Israel and analysis of current policies and dilemmas regarding different forms of health care, and provides an in-depth analysis of medical professionals who have added alternative health care to their repertoire of professional skills in their practice settings in hospitals and community clinics. The heterogeneity of patient populations in Israel makes it possible to explore attitudes of different cultural groups toward alternative health care. These include Jewish immigrants from different countries as well as Bedouin and other Arab groups. Since alternative medicine is a growing part of the overall health care system in many countries, the book provides insights gained from the Israeli experience regarding its co-existence along with conventional medicine—to a broad spectrum of health professionals, policy makers and laypersons.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Authors and Contributors -- Part I. OPENING -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Health, Health Care and CAM in Israel -- Chapter 3. Theoretical Background -- Chapter 4. Historical Perspective: Unconventional Medicine in Israel -- Part II. CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 5. A Decade of Co-existence of CAM and Bio-Medicine in Israel -- Chapter 6. “We Own the Truth”: Boundary Making During Bio- Medical Encounters -- Chapter 7. The Integration of Knowledge: Physicians Practicing Homeopathy -- Chapter 8. Nurses Practice CAM—Spatial Separation -- Chapter 9. Midwives Practice CAM: Feminism in the Delivery Room -- Chapter 10. Integrative Medicine in Family Practice -- Chapter 11. To Regulate or not to Regulate: The Perspective of Policymakers on Integrated Care -- Part III. PATIENTS -- Chapter 12. Patients’ Views: Cultural and Health-care Pluralism in Northern Israel -- Part IV. SUMMING UP -- Chapter 13. Theoretical Conclusions: Boundaries and Bridges -- Chapter 14. Medicalization and CAMification -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- A. Israel—Summary of Demographic and Health Data -- B. Legal Aspects of Complementary Medicine -- References -- Index