Complementary medicines and therapies, surging ahead in popularity: How is conventional medicine responding?
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The use of Traditional/Complementary Medicine (T/CM) is widespread in developing countries and is stea~.IY increasing across the developed world. \ The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that' In many countries, 80% or more of the po'p,ulation living in rural areas are cared for by traditional practitioners"'. About half the populations of\ieveloped countries regularly use T/CM. The \Uni...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1034-4810,1440-1754
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00529.x