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“There are more things in heaven and earth!” How knowledge about traditional healing affects clinical practice: interviews with conventional health personnel

Anette Langås-LarsenThe National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anita SalamonsenThe National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayView further author information
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Agnete Egilsdatter KristoffersenThe National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayView further author information
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Torunn HamranDepartment of Health and Care Sciences, Centre for Care Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayView further author information
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Bjørg EvjenCentre for Sami Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayView further author information
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Trine StubThe National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayView further author information
Article: 1398010 | Received 19 Jul 2017, Accepted 21 Oct 2017, Published online: 12 Nov 2017

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