Reshaping Herbal Medicine

Foreword<br>Preface<br>Introduction: reshaping herbal medicine: the context<br><br>Section One: Knowledge, education and professional culture<br>1. Determining professional identity: an exploration of the factors, which characterise the nature of a profession<br>2. Professional education and practitioner identity<br><br>Section Two: The traditions of Herbal Medicine<br>3. Chinese herbal medicine: the history and context to statutory self-regulation<br>4. A brief history of Traditional Tibetan Medicine and its introduction to the United Kingdom<br>5. The development of integrated medicine with reference to the history of Ayurvedic medicine<br>6. Western herbal medicine - gender, culture and orthodoxy<br>7. The relationship of classical Greek medicine to contemporary Western herbalism: an exploration of the idea of 'holism'<br><br>Section Three: Problems with knowledge, education and culture in the development of the herbal medicine profession<br>8. Patient safety and practitioner identity: the move towards statutory self-regulation<br>9. Herbs and herbalists: professional identity and the protection of practice<br>10. Culture and knowledge in the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine<br>11. Knowledge, skills and competence: an exploration of the education and professional formation of herbalists<br>12. Knowledge and myths of knowledge in the 'science' of herbal medicine