the social sciences or humanities, offer some serious and well documented discussions of the central aspects of alternative therapies and research on these. It presents the status of research in all Nordic countries, sociocultural studies of pluralistic health care, discussions of research methodology for assessment of effect and studies of the relation between science and alternative therapy.A variety of therapies are explored: acupuncture, AA, Chinese medicine, diets, homeopathy, integrated medicine, reflexology, the Rosen method, spiritual healing, visualisation and many more. For researchers, providers and administrators of health care, this volume provides a good overview of research based knowledge on alternative therapies of contemporary Nordic societies. The 26 articles in this volume were originally presented at the first seminar for Nordic research held in November 1993.

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