Reshaping herbal medicine knowledge, education, and professional culture

• Other Authors: O'Sullivan, Catherine 1956- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Churchill Livingstone 2005
• Subjects: Herbal Medicine > organization & administration; Herbal Medicine > education; Medicine, Traditional; Professional Competence > standards
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• Physical Description: xiv, 206 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780443101359; 0443101353

This is the first definitive book to draw on unique, unpublished, professional expertise about the reshaping of herbal medicine in the UK. This book outlines the outcomes of recent examinations, and poses challenging questions about the direction of future herbal medicine policy within the UK. Contributions from Senior Members of the European Herbal Practitioners Association Well written and presented Includes vital issues such as divergent herbal traditions in the UK, history of herbal medicine in Europe, Patient and Public safety and Cultural issues faced integrating traditional systems of medicine within an allopathic medical model