Understanding the emerging relationship between complementary medicine and mainstream health care: A review of the literature

Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-342

  Wiese, Marlene ^a   Oster, Candice ^b   Pincombe, Jan ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomedical dominance; Complementary medicine; Complementary medicine practitioner; Mainstream health integration; Professionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951872706     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459309358594     Document Type: Review

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