Perhaps this is of some use - http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks/Using_Alternative_Therapies_JaLow.html
*Using Alternative Therapies: A Qualitative Analysis by Jacqueline Low (Repost)* Publisher: Canadian Scholars Press (May 1, 2004) | ISBN: 1551302640 | Pages: 200 | PDF | 1.78 MB This book provides a distinctive sociological inquiry into the perspectives and social issues surrounding the use of alternative therapies. Dr. Low presents the experiences of twenty-one Canadians who use alternative approaches to health care. Her study foregrounds the lay perspective by using a symbolic interactionist approach, which emphasises individuals' own understanding of reality as a basis for their actions. Dr. Low analyses how and why the participants in the study came to use alternative therapies; the ideologies informing the models of health and healing they espouse; the impact these beliefs have on them, and the implications of their experiences for Canadian health care policy. On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:08 AM, glen <g...@ropella.name> wrote: > > Are there any sources for data that you recommend? Keep in mind that I'm > used to biological data. I don't think my mind is closed to other types of > data. But I would expect something like blind experiments and > statistically significant populations. Etc. > > Feel free to tell me to RTFM. 8^) I just figured you might be able to > suggest a few sources off the top of your head. > > peggy miller wrote at 04/25/2012 09:26 AM: > > Speaking in defense of some alternatives, and as a Chinese/Ayurvedic >> Medicinal Herbalist, I so far in my practice am finding it to be highly >> useful as a medical alternative for everything from congestion to >> insomnia, >> tremors, memory loss, bowel problems, diabetic problems, fatigue, >> arthritis, nerve issues. I have yet to have a client with seizures, but it >> is supposed to help many cases of that nature. The research and validation >> on both Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicine goes back millenium, with many >> cases. But I, being somewhat skeptical, continue to be surprised by how >> useful it is as I practice it with clients. I urge you all to try a local >> Chinese/Ayurvedic Medicinal Herbalist. You may find it surprising. Peggy >> M. >> > > -- > glen > > ==============================**============================== > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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