From quackery to "complementary" medicine: The american medical profession confronts alternative therapies

Social Problems

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-61

  Winnick, Terri A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14544275415     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2005.52.1.38     Document Type: Review

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