Book chapter
The role and influence of women in the workforce and practice of complementary and integrative medicine: Contemporary trends and future prospects
Women's health and complementary and integrative medicine, pp.142-151
Routledge studies in public health, Routledge
2019
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Abstract
This chapter examines the role and significance of women across the Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM) workforce and practice. It explores the contemporary environment relating to CIM in high-income countries that may help facilitate or challenge what some scholars and commentators have interpreted as a 'feminist' CIM approach to health care. It has long been acknowledged that the biomedical model of health and conventional structures of health care delivery explicitly or implicitly help maintain paternalistic power dimensions. Research suggests the circumstances also apply to CIM use with women not only identified as predominant users of CIM but also as significant agents of influence upon the CIM use of others family members, friends and wider networks alike. Moving attention beyond informal care and carer roles, research has also suggested gender dimensions to CIM practice. As identified in the brief overview provided in the chapter, the influence and role of women with regards to CIM provision/workforce, practice and consumption are considerable.
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- Title
- The role and influence of women in the workforce and practice of complementary and integrative medicine: Contemporary trends and future prospects
- Creators
- Jon Adams - University of Technology SydneyDavid Sibbritt - University of Technology SydneyJason Prior - University of Technology SydneyIrena ConnonErica McIntyre - University of Technology SydneyRoger Dunston - University of Technology SydneyRomy Lauche - University of Technology SydneyAmie Steel - University of Technology Sydney
- Contributors
- Jon Adams (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology SydneyAmie Steel (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology SydneyAlex Broom (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology SydneyJane Frawley (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology Sydney
- Publication Details
- Women's health and complementary and integrative medicine, pp.142-151
- Series
- Routledge studies in public health
- Publisher
- Routledge; Abingdon, Oxon
- Identifiers
- 991013372059002368
- Copyright
- © 2019 selection and editorial matter, Jon Adams, Amie Steel, Alex Broom and Jane Frawley; individual chapters, the contributors.
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter