Complementary medicine and evidence-based practice: Power and control in healthcare - Questions about an arranged marriage

Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 189-194

  Hunter, Assunta ^a   Grant, Airdre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIOMEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 33646744180     PISSN: 11762330     EISSN: 11762330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/01197065-200502040-00002     Document Type: Review

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