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COMMENTARY. Defining ‘true medicine’ – some considerations. A Commentary on Newell and Lewith’s “Alternative, Complementary or Orthodox: What is real medicine?”
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v4i3.1215
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