Small business complementary medicine: A profile of British therapists and their pathways to practice

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-51

  Andrews, Gavin J ^a   Hammond, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; complementary medicine; primary health care; private healthcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543123916     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423604pc185oa     Document Type: Article

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