The (alternative) medicalization of life

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-197

  Schneiderman, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 0642341266     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2003.tb00080.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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