How 'alternative' is CAM? Rethinking conventional dichotomies between biomedicine and complementary/alternative medicine

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-158

  Ning, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

biomedicine; Canada; complementary and alternative medicine; homologies; integrative health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875673799     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459312447252     Document Type: Article

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