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Eisenberg, D. Reflections on the past and future of integrative medicine from a lifelong student of the integration of Chinese and Western Medicine. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 17, 3–5 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-011-0622-5
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