CAM practitioners and "regular" doctors: Is integration possible?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 645-646

  Cohen, Marc M ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRUST;

EID: 3042815774     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06131.x     Document Type: Article

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