The Drive for Legitimation by Osteopathy and Chiropractic in Australia: Between Heterodoxy and Orthodoxy

Complementary Health Practice Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-94

  Baer, Hans A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; chiropractic; complementary and alternative medicine; legitimation; osteopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992784228     PISSN: 15332101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533210106292467     Document Type: Article

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