Evaluating Alternative Cancer Therapies: A Guide to the Science and Politics of an Emerging Medical Field »

In Evaluating Alternative Cancer Therapies, David Hess has interviewed the major opinion leaders in the alternative cancer therapy field - clinicians, researchers, patient advocacy leaders, and journalists - who explain their philosophy of evaluation, their therapeutic preferences, and the political and economic hurdles to getting the necessary research done. Both a guide to the guides and a survey of the field, this innovative book provides a framework for evaluation problems that clinicians and patients face - from patient needs and the quality of potential clinical care givers to research methods, proposed policy reforms, and the therapies themselves.

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To help patients and clinicians make sense of the various therapy options for cancer, cultural and medical anthropologist Hess (science and technology studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) interviews clinicians, researchers, patient advocacy leaders, and journalists. They explain the philosophy of evaluation, their therapeutic preferences, and the political and economic hurdles to getting the necessary research done. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)