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(Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series.) Edited by Daniel Callahan. 208 pp. Washington, D.C., Georgetown University Press, 2002. $44.95. ISBN 0-87840-877-0.

However one regards complementary and alternative medicine, there is little question that it represents a major sociocultural phenomenon. Large numbers of the general public, including many patients, use the products and services of complementary and alternative medicine. In 2000, Americans spent $10 billion on herbs, vitamins, and other dietary supplements. The estimated growth in the number of chiropractors, acupuncturists, naturopaths, optometrists, podiatrists, and other nonphysician clinicians between 1995 and 2005 is double that of physicians. This situation is replicated in most developed countries.

There is some research data and a great deal of speculation about what contributes to this substantive . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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