Tools for comparative evaluation of the effect of drug and non-drug medical treatments
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Søren Ventegodt, MD, MMedSci, EU-MScCAM, Niels Jørgen Andersen, MSc, Isack Kandel, MA, PhD and Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc Quality of Life Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine and Nordic School of Holistic Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark; Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine, Sandvika, Norway; Interuniversity College, Graz, Austria; Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel, Israel; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Office of the Medical Director, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem, Israel and Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States
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