Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Cancer Care

Drawing on comparative fieldwork in the UK, Pakistan and Australia, this book gives an invaluable insight into how differing health and societal structures influence the use CAM.

Philip Tovey is a Reader in Health Sociology at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK John Chatwin is a Research Fellow at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK Alex Broom is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Introduction Part 1: Empirical, Theoretical and Methodological Background 1. CAM and Cancer: the Empirical, Theoretical and Policy Context in International 2. Methodology: A Brief Overview of Approach and Research Sites in the UK, Australia and Pakistan Part 2: The Mediation of CAM in Cancer User Groups in the UK (and Australia) 3. CAM in Cancer User Groups 4. Decision Making and Information Selection and Utilisation 5. The Role of User Groups as Advocates, Gate-Keepers and Providers of CAM 6. CAM in Cancer User Groups: Innovation and Challenge? 7. An Exploratory Comparative Case Study from Australia Part 3: The Mediation of CAM and Informal Networks in Pakistan 9. CAM in Social Context 10. Decision Making, Gatekeeping and Advocacy 11. CAM Use, Inequality and Challenges to Bio-Medicine. Discussion and Conclusion