Complementary Therapeutics. A Selected Annotated Bibliography

Complementary Therapeutics:

A Selected Annotated Bibliography

of

Dissertations, Books, Book Chapters & Other Items

(to 2001)

Dr. Paul W. Mathews

&

Heidi Boon

Copyright 2015 Paul W. Mathews

Published by Warrior Publishers at Smashwords

ISBN: 9781311871466

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First published 2001

By Dr. Paul Mathews & Heidi Boon

National Library of Australia

Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Mathews, Paul W (Paul William)

Boon, Heidi, 1977-

Complementary Therapeutics.

Bibliography.

Includes Index.

ISBN 0-9579919-0-8

1. Health—Alternative

2. Medicine—Complementary

I. Mathews, Paul W. II. Title

Printed in Australia

Table of Contents

Introduction

Dissertations

Books & Edited Books

Book Chapters

Miscellaneous:

Reports, Conferences, Colloquia, Editorials, Papers,

Special Issues of Journals, Miscellaneous

Key Words

About the author

Other books by Dr. Paul Mathews

Connect with Warrior Publishers

Introduction

Complementary therapeutics have proliferated in much of the Western world since the 1970s. This growth is reflected in part by a commensurate increase in the number of diverse publications on the therapies and about their use. The progress of complementary therapeutics from a marginalized position to one of practical—and political—importance has been marked by various debates, not least of which are the validity and role of their knowledge, their relationship to the established modes of medical knowledge, and the reasons for their attraction to consumers. The purpose of this volume is not to throw light, directly, on these issues, but to provide a resource from which others can glean and develop a history and analysis of this process.

This book treats alternative therapies both as a spearhead and as a reflection of widespread changes in attitudes—and of resistance to such changes as evidenced by the early years of The Lancet, which has not infrequently been crammed with blasts against quacks. Indeed, it was commonly insisted that these illiterate fungi were more prevalent than ever (1838-399, Vol. 2. p. 599); and there were repeated calls for legislative intervention to put down the hydra (1837, Vol. 2. pp. 96-97) amidst the explosive outrage against what was considered as latter-day witchcraft (1835-36, Vol. 2. p. 57): the satanic system of quackery (1836-37, Vol. 1. p. 832) [Porter, 1988: 20].

Alternative therapies seem to be a sort of avant-garde for new ideas about health and the body, as well as symptomatic of much wider societal changes. The forces which attract many people to complementary therapies go beyond a simple discontent with conventional medicine; individuals often are attracted to a new mythology about nature and health which surrounds these practices, and much of the pseudo-academic publications arising in the 1960s to 1980s—the so-called coffee-table books—may reflect this. In short, this annotated bibliography, read as a chronology, traces a change in beliefs and attitudes, where the body, health, nature and society have come to mean different things and imply different consequences for both the individual and society—or particular segments of it.

This collection has been an exciting enterprise. As compilers, we have learnt much about the role and practice of complementary therapeutics, their history, and about medical knowledges. However, we have also been alerted to both the abundance of information in this area and a dearth of information, and just how much more social-scientific research needs to be done. As Cant and Sharma [1996] and Vincent and Furnham [1997] indicate, there are still many areas to be explored, not least of which are the gender and ethnic dimensions in complementary therapeutics, the experiences of users to be more thoroughly examined, the relationship between the lay person and the expert, and the tacit and uncodified knowledge of the practitioner, etc etc.

While there as been an abundance of material produced over the last 100 years about particular therapies, there has been, until only recently, only limited publications in book form—books that are critical and/or sociological and which encapsulate a body of knowledge in formation—on complementary therapeutics in a collective sense and its underlying knowledge base.

Thus, while there are now numerous academic journal papers, and indeed even journals, which focus on complementary therapeutics and related issues and debates, we have taken the view that books integrate and encapsulate the diversity of the former and are an indication of the state of knowledge at any particular time. We have therefore chosen to focus this bibliography on books, with further detail provided by way of particular chapters in relevant books. Besides this, we have attempted to glean from various sources dissertations in this field, which, at their time, were (or are) at the cutting edge of the field or subfield. And lastly, we have picked up on our literary journey bits and pieces—papers, conferences, government reports, etc—which are often difficult to know about and perhaps even harder to obtain. All of these provide an overview of how the perception of and discourses about complementary therapeutics—and conversely about biomedicine—have developed, reflecting the states of knowledge and our understanding of knowledge as well as the various social changes in which these were/are embedded over the past century.

By no means is the book exhaustive, and given the rapid and growing publication of material in this field, it can never be complete. While we have endeavoured to glean from numerous sources and our own readings an array of relevant literature, we are, also, aware that much has inevitably been missed. This is particularly so in the case of the one-off book chapters that often remain embedded in exotically titled books or in those that appear unrelated to the field. Thus we take this compilation as a starting point, as we hope you will. We welcome your suggestions and additions in this regard.

While this compilation is not divided according to different therapies and practices, it does attempt to list publications which cover most of the so-called alternative therapeutics. The listings are arranged simply in alphabetical order by author's surname, capped with a comprehensive index.

With the index we have taken the approach of the researcher: we have tried to anticipate what different scholars may be wanting to find, whether it is thematic, historical, chronological, or disciplinary or therapeutic based, and therefore we have indexed as many key words and phrases as we thought appropriate. The more obvious terms of alternative, complementary, medicine/medical, health and illness etc are too numerous in a compilation of this subject area and to list them other than where they may appear as part of a key phrase could be misleading.

Update:

This book was first published in 2001, and hence the bibliographic data ends at that time. Unfortunately, we have never had the time and resources to continually update it in the last 15 years; this could well be a project for others.

Because the original was in hardcopy only, it had page numbers, and thus in the index the page numbers refer to the hardcopy. As an e-book in different formats, no doubt one can now do a search, and so the index really acts as a key word list to help facilitate this. We have kept the original page numbers in this e-edition.

In addition, because of the way e-books get formatted, we have refrained from having to reformat names etc in italics, but have placed in bold authors and dates.

Dr. Paul W. Mathews

Ms. Heidi Boon

August 2001.

Dr. Paul W. Mathews

October 2015

DISSERTATIONS

A

ANDREWS, S. C.

An Analysis of Paracelsus' Medical Philosophy and Practice with Some Modern Day Implications (Theophrastus Von Hohenheim, Homeopathy).

PHD.

1995

203pp.

The Pennsylvania State University.

ABSTRACT:

How should we view the medical philosophy and practice of the 16th century physician, scientist and philosopher, Theophrastus von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus ? Should it be seen as the proto-scientific herald of orthodox or mainstream medicine with its reliance upon modern medical technology, anti-microbial drugs and chemical remedies, on cure by contraries, or as a forerunner of modern alternative medicine, especially homeopathy, with its emphasis on disease prevention, the self-healing powers of the human organism, and cure by similars ?

These questions must be considered in the light of Paracelsus' own conceptual framework, especially his cosmology and epistemology, and the consequences they hold in determining not only the origin and structure of the universe, of external nature, but also of man himself (sic). To Paracelsus, man is an emancipated extract of all that exists in the outer world to include the starry heavens. He is a tiny universe unto himself. His genesis mirrors the creation of the universe; his physiological processes mirror natural processes. It is upon this conceptual framework that Paracelsus grounds his medical therapeutics.

Akin to modern homeopathy, Paracelsus' medical philosophy is supportive of the argument that healing must proceed in harmony with the self-healing powers of the human organism. Symptoms are external manifestations of the body's attempts to rid itself of disease. To Paracelsus, like cures like. Hence, the homeopathic tincture would be the preferred treatment over antimicrobial drugs or cure by contraries. Nonetheless, this philosophy and practice should not necessarily be seen as being antithetical of the scientific investigation of man and nature on which orthodox medicine rests. Indeed, it is supportive of such self-healing and preventative measures as diet and stress management, and efforts to determine one's predisposition to illness, all of which are accepted within the confines of modern medical therapeutics.

B

BELL, D. L.

Edgar Cayce's Bookshelf: The Source Question in the Sleeping Prophet's Spiritual Teachings.

1998

California Institute of Integral Studies.

BIGGS, L.

No Bones About Chiropractic.

PHD.

1992

Department of Behavioural Science, University of Toronto.

C

CAPLAN, R. L.

Pasteurized Patients and Profits: The Changing Nature of Self-Care in American Medicine.

PHD.

1980

University of Massachusetts.

CHAPPELL, P. G.

The Divine Healing Movement in America.

PHD.

1982

Drew University, Madison, NJ.

CHEN, C. H.

Holistic Health Promotion for the Elderly: An Integrated Alternative Approach to Experiential Adult Education (Acupressure, Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Traditional Chinese Medicine).

PHD.

1996

161pp.

The Union Institute.

ABSTRACT:

To help meet the growing inquiry into alternative health methods, an integrated curriculum, The Power of A.C.T. (basic Acupressure, Chi-Kung, and Tai-chi), was developed as an experiential education program to promote holistic health. This program was based on an holistic model incorporating mind, body, and spirit. It used the major concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as a common thread to introduce several ancient Eastern healing methods to modern Western society.

The basic framework of The Power of A.C.T. program can be used for various age groups. Nevertheless, recognizing the demographic changes in an aging society, I focused this study on holistic health promotion for the elderly. There were two phases in this study: first, designing an integrated modality for alternative health promotion and, second, implementing and evaluating the curriculum through participation and feedback from selected Tai-chi teachers who worked with the elderly.

Since this study focused on health promotion for the elderly, the special needs of the elderly were reviewed. In addition, Western theories on curriculum development and training workshop design were applied to organize the program content systematically, while adult experiential education was used to help the process of implementing the program.

At the basic level, The Power of A.C.T. was designed as a 10-unit class. The topics included Traditional Chinese Medicine and the fundamentals of holistic health, important acupressure points, a holistic viewpoint of basic Chi-kung and Tai-chi, and an integration of Acupressure, Chi-kung, and Tai-chi which helped to calm the mind, strengthen the body, and cultivate the spirit for holistic health. Ten experienced Tai-Chi teachers and practitioners were not only asked to participate in the program, but also to evaluate the process by filling out an evaluation form for each session of the class. In the first and last sessions, more