Magic or Medicine?

The authors evaluate alternative and allopathic approaches to patient care, examining the nature of the relationship between patients and practitioners. Drawing on early medical sources and on their own investigations into alternative therapies, they argue that healing has always been part science and part art, and suggest that magic and medicine are essential components of every healer-patient contact. Originally published in 1993 by Key Porter Books, Toronto, Ontario. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.