Varieties of healing. 2: A taxonomy of unconventional healing practices

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 196-204

  Kaptchuk, T J ^a   Eisenberg, D M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; HEALING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035822656     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-3-200108070-00012     Document Type: Article

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