Law's dilemma: Validating complementary and alternative medicine and the clash of evidential paradigms

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Iyioha, Ireh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTHROPOLOGY; BAYES THEOREM; CHIROPRACTIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOMEOPATHY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 78349266892     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/389518     Document Type: Review

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