The legitimacy of academic complementary medicine

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-70

  Myers, Stephen P ^a   Xue, Charlie C ^b   Cohen, Marc M ^b,c   Phelps, Kerryn L ^c,d   Lewith, George T ^e  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australasian Integrative Medicine Association   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN;

AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 84866488763     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10491     Document Type: Editorial

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