Table of Contents: -- Introduction: Towards a critical social science of CAM in nursing and midwivery / Jon Adams and Philip Tovey -- Pt. I. Inter-professional issues -- 1. CAM integration in inter-professional context: nursing, midwifery and medicine in Canada / Ivy L. Bourgeault and Kristine A. Hirschkorn -- 2. The emerging role of alternative midwifery within the wider socio-political sphere: a focus upon alternative birth care providers and their relationship with conventional medicine / Paaige K. Turner -- 3. 'Snake oil peddling': CAM and the occupational status of doctors and nurses / Peter Morrall -- Pt. II. Intra-professional issues -- 4. The authentication of CAM in nursing: an examination of historic referencing in selected nursing journals / Philip Tovey and Jon Adams -- 5. CAM, nursing and the meanings of care / Kahryn Hughes -- 6. Nurses and midwives in alternative health care: comparative processes of boundary re-configuration in Israel / Judith T. Shuval and Sky E. Gross -- Pt. III. Public health and patient issues -- 7. 'Latent' and 'realised' risk cultures: woman-centred midwifery and CAM / Karen Lane -- 8. CAM, holistic wellness nursing and the new public health / Emily Hansen. CAM integration in inter-professional context: nursing, midwifery and medicine in Canada / Ivy L. Bourgeault and Kristine A. Hirschkorn.