Meridians, Chakras and Psycho-Neuro-Immunology: The Dematerializing Body and the Domestication of Alternative Medicine

Body & Society

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 69-86

  Fadlon, Judith ^a  

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EID: 34247663411     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X04047856     Document Type: Article

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