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Medical alternatives to alternative medicine
Author(s) -
Calabresi Paul
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19991115)86:10<1887::aid-cncr1>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , mainstream , alternative medicine , medical care , quality (philosophy) , family medicine , pathology , law , epistemology , philosophy , political science
Alternative medicine is a poor alternative to mainstream cancer care. Patients need full access to quality care, and continued research is needed both to demonstrate the potential benefits of alternative and complementary approaches and to continue improving conventional care. See also pages 1900–2, 1903–11, and 2143–9.