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Explaining the growth of complementary and alternative medicine

Ian CoulterSchool of Dentistry, UCLA RAND Corporation Samueli Institute for Healing Southern California University of Health Sciences, United States of America
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Evan WillisSchool of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia
Pages 214-225 | Received 02 Feb 2007, Accepted 20 Feb 2007, Published online: 18 Dec 2014

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