Hybrid knowledge and research on the efficacy of alternative and complementary medicine treatments

Social Epistemology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-347

  Keshet, Yael ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Efficacy; Hybrid Knowledge; Late Modernity; Medical Knowledge; Social Studies of Science; Sociology of Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149247090     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2010.506959     Document Type: Article

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