Epistemic cultures in complementary medicine: knowledge-making in university departments of osteopathy and Chinese medicine

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 171-186

  Brosnan, Caragh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Complementary and alternative medicine; epistemic cultures; knowledge; osteopathy; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963830570     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: 18393551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2016.1171161     Document Type: Article

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