Is it really medicine? the traditional and alternative medicine act and informal health economy in the Philippines

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-345

  Lee Mendoza, Roger ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative modality; And alternative medicine (TCAM); Biomedicine; Complementary; Development.; Health care system; Herbal medicine; Informal economy; Public health policy; Regulation; Scientific validation; Traditional

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT;

AKAPULCO; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASTHMA; COMMON COLD; CONSUMER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEVER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; IRIDOLOGY; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REFLEXOLOGY; REVIEW; SAMBONG; SCIENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TSAANG GUBAT; VALIDITY; VITEX NEGUNDO; YERBA BUENA;

EID: 67650651948     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509336570     Document Type: Review

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