The problematic nature of conflating use and advocacy in CAM integration: Complexity and differentiation in UK cancer patients' views

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 384-395

  Tovey, Philip ^a   Broom, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Integration; Sociology; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952662420     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.451.17.4.384     Document Type: Article

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