To the Editor: Sanderson et al provide an interesting viewpoint about how the community, including medical practitioners, have embraced complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).1
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- 1 Department of General Practice, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
- 2 Whole Health Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC.
- 3 Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
- 4 National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Melbourne, VIC.
Correspondence: vicki.k@optusnet.com.au
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