Alternative Worldviews and the Utilization of Conventional and Complementary Medicine
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The health system approach to the complementary and alternative medicine
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عنوان ژورنال: Sociological Inquiry
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0038-0245,1475-682X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682x.2007.00178.x