Alternative Medicine: An Objective Assessment
- ISBN-10
- 1579470025
- ISBN-13
- 9781579470029
- Series
- Alternative Medicine
- Category
- Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine
- Pages
- 605
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Author
- American Medical Association
Description
This volume seeks to offer balanced coverage of a controversial topic - alternative medicine. Leading authors of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the Archives Journals provide an assessment of a broad range of topics from the evaluation of treatment modalities to prevalence and use of alternative medicine therapies. The book includes overviews and guidance from expert physician-specialists, science-based findings, and objective references and perspectives from JAMA and Archives Journals.
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