Medical theories, science, and the practice of medicine

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1261-1270

  Lewinsohn, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Empirical medicine; Medical practice; Medical theories; Science; Scientific medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 0032549453     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10054-5     Document Type: Article

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