title: Cultural and social perspectives on alternative medicine: background and assumptions.
authors.affiliation: Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hufford
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans