A culture of dissent: Australian naturopaths' perspectives on practitioner regulation

Complementary Health Practice Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 136-152

  Canaway, Rachel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Complementary and alternative medicine; Naturopathy; Practitioner regulation; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054848211     PISSN: 15332101     EISSN: 15523845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533210109360308     Document Type: Article

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