Overview
- Multiple case studies, discussion questions, and bibliography within each chapter
- Introduction to integrative care models for public health students and practitioners
- Discusses the particular ethical tensions that have arisen with increased use of integrative health services in medicine
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health (BRIEFSPUBLIC)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health Ethics (BRIEFSPUHEAET)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This readable overview offers a public health framework for integrating medical and alternative care to improve health outcomes in patients with chronic illnesses. It details the promise, potential, and challenges of holistic services as patients seek diverse treatment options and health care systems address the demand for more affordable, accessible, and effective care. The book’s integrative model describes the process in theory and practice, from cost and reimbursement issues and turf wars between providers to expanding on traditional concepts of illness and wellness. Learning objectives, case studies, discussion questions, and other helpful features make this a vital student text.
The book’s concentrated coverage:
- Introduces concepts of integrative health services.
- Applies integrative health concepts to public health areas, e.g., prevention.
- Contrasts integrative models of health with the traditional biomedical model.
Outlines the scope of integrative health practice. - Reviews implications for the public health workforce.
Integrative Health Services benefits public health students, pre-med students, and those with an interest in health policy and health trends. Additionally, public health educators, practitioners, and scholars who may not be familiar with integrative health services and conflicts related to their increased use in health care will find it a helpful tool to quickly bring them up to date
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Integrative Health Services
Book Subtitle: Ethics, Law, and Policy for the New Public Health Workforce
Authors: Heather Mullins-Owens
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Public Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29857-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29855-9Published: 06 May 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29857-3Published: 25 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2192-3698
Series E-ISSN: 2192-3701
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 63
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Complementary & Alternative Medicine