‘It can do no harm’: Body maintenance and modification in alternative medicine acknowledged as a non risk health regimen
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.002
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Denmark; CAM; Health care; Self-care; Body techniques; Risk-awareness; Lay-knowledge;All these keywords.
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