Using Alternative Therapies: A Qualitative Analysis

By Jacqueline Low

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 emphasizes individuals' own understanding of reality as a basis for their actions. Dr. Low analyses 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551302640
• ISBN13: 9781551302645
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Canadian Scholars Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"