{"product_id":"magic-or-medicine-robert-buckman-9780879759483","title":"Magic or Medicine?","description":"Modern medicine is one of the most successful branches of science, with a distinguished history of conquering many of the twentieth century's deadliest diseases. Yet today people are turning in record numbers to alternative therapies that have little or no scientific basis. What accounts for this flight from reason in the face of hard evidence that medical doctors do a better job of treating disease and alleviating suffering than their alternative counterparts?\u003cbr\u003eIn Magic or Medicine? Dr. Robert Buckman and Karl Sabbagh offer a response to this question by critically evaluating both alternative and conventional medical approaches to patient care. The authors argue that healing has always been partly the science of clinical treatment (medicine) and partly an art (magic). Medicine may make the patient get well, but often it is magic that makes the patient feel well.\u003cbr\u003eWith all the pressures under which they work, modern medical doctors often neglect the magic in their dealings with patients. Alternative therapists, however, frequently offer nothing but magic. Buckman and Sabbagh look closely at the claims made for both medical science and alternative treatments and discover a gap between the promises and the reality of each approach.\u003cbr\u003eMagic or Medicine? is vital reading for anyone conerned about the effective delivery of healthcare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Buckman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0879759488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879759483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prometheus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.39w x 1.00d","brand":"Robert Buckman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449040941311,"sku":"9780879759483","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_610d40f3-1b84-4b96-993d-e6c64dba4bd0.jpg?v=1777261694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/magic-or-medicine-robert-buckman-9780879759483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}