Wisdom, Knowledge, and Information: Have We Lost Our Way in Our Understanding and Practice of Medicine?
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1075-5535,1557-7708
DOI: 10.1089/107555304322848887