Researching Alternative and Complementary Therapies: Mapping the Field

2012/11/07 by Nina Nissen, Lenore Manderson · 1 citation
Medicine · Health Professions · #Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies #Obesity and Health Practices #Empathy and Medical Education

paper · doi:10.1080/01459740.2012.718016

openalex publication_date 2012/11/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

Medical systems and practices are central to medical anthropological inquiry. Yet therapies designated over time as alternative or complementary systems to biomedicine have received surprisingly li...

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