Why not call modern medicine "alternative"?

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 583, Issue SEPT., 2002, Pages 12-28

  Bates, Don G ^a  

^a Department of History of Medicine ^*

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EID: 23044532717     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716202583001002     Document Type: Article

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