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Complementary medicine today

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Complementary, alternative, traditional, natural, fringe, unorthodox, quack: the therapies and techniques we discuss in this book have been called many things. Which you select reveals a great deal about your views on the subject.

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  1. Joanna Trevelyan
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  2. Brian Booth
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Trevelyan, J., Booth, B. (1994). Complementary medicine today. In: Complementary Medicine. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13252-2_1

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