The drive for professionalization in acupuncture: A preliminary view from the San Francisco Bay area

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 533-537

  Baer, Hans A ^a   Jen, Cindy ^a   Tanassi, Lucia M ^a   Tsia, Christopher ^a   Wahbeh, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHINESE MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032008154     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00196-2     Document Type: Article

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