People might be attracted to and use complementary and alternative medicines (CAM)
because they hold beliefs that are congruent with CAM. This article collates, examines and …

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and traditional medicine (TM) are important
social phenomena. This article reviews the sociological literature on the topic. First, it …

This book has been written for readers with a range of different interests. Students
undertaking school or university courses in geography will probably come to this book with …

Culture and Health offers an overview of different areas of culture and health, building on
foundations of medical anthropology and health behavior theory. It shows how to address …

The reasons that persons with chronic illness explore complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) have not been well understood. Using data from a study of self-care …

Objectives: Our understanding of acupuncture and Chinese medicine is limited by a lack of
inquiry into the dynamics of the process. We used a longitudinal research design to …

Older adults are increasingly living with and managing multiple chronic conditions. The self-
management of illness occurs in a social and political context in which the responsibility for …

Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is prevalent among HIV-positive
individuals despite the success of antiretroviral treatments and limited evidence of CAM's …

HIV/AIDS is a chronic illness, with a range of physical symptoms and psychosocial issues.
The complex health and social issues associated with living with HIV mean that people …

BACKGROUND We wanted to explore the beliefs and practices of complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners. METHODS A representative sample of local CAM …