Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine Considered

Foreword, ix

Acknowledgments, xi

Introduction, xiii

1. The Braid of the Alternative Medicine Movement, 3

2. Historical Aspects of Some CAVM Therapies, 17

3. Science and Medical Therapy, 55

4. Ethics, Evidence, and Medicine, 73

5. Placebos and Perceptions of Therapeutic Efficacy, 87

6. Hope, 107

7. Scientific Aspects of CAVM, 117

8. Untested Therapies and Medical Anarchism, 165

9. Regulatory Considerations, 179

Afterword, 197

Appendix, 203

Notes, 207

Index, 244