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There are many vexed issues in complementary therapies, but none arouses as much sound and fury as the question of research.
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Trevelyan, J., Booth, B. (1994). Research. In: Complementary Medicine. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13252-2_17
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