Towards an ethnography of Indian homeopathy

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-326

  Frank, Robert ^a   Ecks, Stefan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; PLACEBO; VACCINE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 10844263287     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364847042000296581     Document Type: Article

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