In his account of the medical profession's ascent, Paul Starr drew a distinction between the
social authority of physicians and the cultural authority of medicine—between doctors' …

Objective To evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding complementary
and alternative medicine methods of patients who were admitted to gynecology outpatient …

During the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, social restrictions affected society
and all types of businesses, including health care. The purpose of this chapter is to assess …

Background Intentional use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has
previously only been researched in small, possibly biased, samples. There seems to be a …

Introduction Although a systematic review on the beliefs involved in the use of
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been conducted, there is research …

Defining alternative health care and the recording of associated adverse events and harm
remains problematic. This Canadian study aimed to establish and classify risk‐associated …

ABSTRACT Drawing on Isabelle Stengers' discussion of the investigation of Mesmer and the
starring role that experimentation plays in the rationality of modern medicine, this paper …

This paper builds on prior work exploring the use of risk-associated alternative healthcare
(RAAH) in Canada. RAAH uptake was surveyed to explore the characteristics of adult RAAH …

Background Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, about half of patients from populations that
sought care in neurology tried complementary and integrative therapies (CITs). With the …

Applying Foucault's theoretical concept of discipline, the present article uses the term
undisciplined patients to describe those who resist medical authority, defy conventional …