Tibetan medicine and biomedicine: Epistemological conflicts, practical solutions

Asian Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-85

  Samuel, Geoffrey B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548542094     PISSN: 1573420X     EISSN: 15734218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157342106777996501     Document Type: Article

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