A New Medical Pluralism: Complementary Medicine, Doctors, Patients And The StateThis comparative text examines the rise of non-orthodox medicine and theorizes the changing nature of health care in modern societies. It engages with sociological debates on modernity and postmodernity, anthropological work. |
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from patient to consumer? | |
revival and transformation | |
Biomedical responses to alternative medicine | |
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