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What Is Complementary And Alternative Medicine, Michael Weir Feb 2009

What Is Complementary And Alternative Medicine, Michael Weir

Michael Weir

This chapter provides a definition of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Orthodox Medicine and deals with the fundamental criteria at the basis of the CAM healing philosophy. The current usage of CAM and its philosophy sets the scene for the conflicts with OM discussed in later chapters.