Is the Effect of Alternative Medical Treatment Only a Placebo Effect?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 149-153

  Lynoe, Niels ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; clinical rationality; placebo effect; technology assessment

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84964167390     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349489001800210     Document Type: Article

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