The integration of Tibetan medicine in the United Kingdom: The clinics of the Tara Institute of Medicine

Tibetan Medicine in the Contemporary World: Global Politics of Medical Knowledge and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 189-214

  Millard, Colin ^a  

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EID: 84925798707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203932544     Document Type: Chapter

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