The golden age of quackery and anti-science

Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages 6-8

  Novella, Steven ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; EMPIRICISM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

EID: 65649093011     PISSN: 10950656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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