SOBS 638* COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

This course seeks to examine the increased use of complementary medicine such as homoeopathy, acupuncture, reflexology in several developing countries. The course will introduce students to the following: the historical dimension of the development of complementary medicine; review medical pluralism in the developing world and decision making process of the use of alternative medicine in developing countries; the institutional arrangement under which orthodox and alternative medicine are practiced; the relationship between patient-practitioners in the practice of complementary medicine; the practice of different forms of complementary medicine, and the prospects of incorporating complementary medicine into the public health system.