The healing gods complementary and alternative medicine in Christian America

This text tells the surprising story of how complementary and alternative medicine, CAM, entered biomedical and evangelical Christian mainstreams despite its roots in non-Christian religions and the lack of scientific evidence of its efficacy and safety

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Candy Gunther
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
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