Consuming health: The market for complementary and alternative medicine

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 68-75

  Easthope, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary medicines; Consumers; Markets; Pan

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; MARKET; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 4744368587     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY04028     Document Type: Review

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