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“There is no alternative medicine. There is only scientifically proven, evidence-based medicine supported by solid data or unproven medicine, for which scientific evidence is lacking.” These words of Fontanarosa and Lundberg were published 22 years ago. Today, they are as relevant as ever, particularly to the type of healthcare I often refer to as ‘so-called alternative medicine’ (SCAM), and they certainly are relevant to chiropractic.
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Ernst, E. (2020). Introduction. In: Chiropractic. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53118-8_1
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