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illness into their own hands and trying to control and deal with it rather than being told what to do by a medical practitioner. While this perception may be incorrect as far as many general practitioners are concerned, it is nevertheless an important consideration in the minds of the public. This book looks at the training and educational development of complementary practitioners and, in many ways, has little to add to the information available from other texts. The final chapter, however, on the politics of complementary medicine confronts the political problems that exist between conventional and complementary medical practitioners in a very illuminating manner. Dr Sharma does not support complementary medicine unreservedly or as an act of faith, but rather wishes to look at the growth in complementary medicine as a way of defining how we respond and deal with our own health care needs. There are many lessons within this book for those wishing to plan health care provision. It analyses what people want and feel they need in order to help themselves. As a sociologist, it looks at complementary medicine as a study model, and demonstrates some fascinating points about how we analyse and utilize the medical provisions available to us. G.T. Lewith Sway Wood House, Sway, Lymington, Hants S041 6EE.