Courses involving complementary and alternative medicine at US medical schools

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 784-787

  Wetzel, Miriam S ^a,b   Eisenberg, David M ^b   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032475486     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.9.784     Document Type: Article

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