Complementary Therapies for the Contemporary Healthcare

Complementary therapies (CTs) are practices, products or systems for health that are outside the domain of conventional medicine (also called Western or allopathic medicine), used either to treat illnesses or to promote health and well-being. Defining CTs is difficult, because the field is very broa...

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Other Authors: Saad, Marcelo (Editor), de Medeiros, Roberta (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IntechOpen 2012
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