Complementary and alternative medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine: Time for critical engagement

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 749-752

  Lee, Tat Leang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; SINGAPORE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 33846029487     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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