The importance of precision in language: Communication research and (so-called) alternative medicine

Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-190

  Schreiber, Lisa ^a  

^a Dana College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIOMEDICINE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOMEOPATHY; LANGUAGE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

EID: 16244409235     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1702_4     Document Type: Review

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