http://hdl.handle.net/10453/230 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:35 GMT 2013-05-22T17:27:35Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17768 The profile of complementary and alternative medicine users and reasons for complementary and alternative medicine use Andrews Gavin; Adams Jon; Segrott Jeremy; Lui Chi-Wai Adams J, Andrews G, Barnes J, Broom A, Magin P The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become a mainstream health care activity in many countries. The rise in prevalence of CAM use over the past decade reflects an epidemilogical transition of disease patterns as well as profound transformations in health belief and practices in contemporary societies. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17768 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17769 Chapter 7 Topical and oral complementary and alternative medicine in acne: A consideration of context Magin Parker; Adams Jon; Pond Dimity; Smith Wayne Adams J, Andrews G, Barnes J, Broom A, Magin P Acne is one of the commonest diseases to afflict humanity. Anecdotally, the use of CAM in acne is widespread. In this review the empirical evidence for the efficacy of CAM modalities is examined and the context for their use discussed. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17769 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17771 Chapter 1: A Critical Social Science of Evidence-Based Healthcare Broom Alex; Adams Jon Alex Broom and Jon Adams In many respects evidence-based healthcare is neither new nor are its philosophical underpinnings unique. Getting the best knowledge to the right people in a timely fashion is commonsense. Yet, this basic principle reflects a broader social movement in knowledge production and dissemination that has been emerging for centuries. Scientific inquiry, as it were, has become more systematic, globally connected and protocol driven over the course of the twentieth century. While scientific discoveries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries still often occurred in the context of a sole or renegade researcher/practitioner, the latter part of the twentieth century witnessed the global streamlining, enhanced connectivity and dramatic institutionalisation of scientific knowledge production. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17771 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17770 Chapter 17 Nostalgic and nostophobic referencing and the authentication of nurses' use of complementary therapies Tovey Philip; Adams Jon Adams J, Andrews G, Barnes J, Broom A, Magin P Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17770 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z