A quackery with a difference-New medical pluralism and the problem of 'dangerous practitioners' in the United Kingdom

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2307-2316

  Wahlberg, Ayo ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); New medical pluralism; Professionalization; Quackery; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BOTANY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTERNET; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PLURALISM; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUACKERY; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUACKERY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36048988676     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.024     Document Type: Article

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