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Article: Integrating Conventional and Chinese Medicine in Cancer Care.

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October 1, 2008
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INTEGRATING CONVENTIONAL AND CHINESE MEDICINE IN CANCER CARE

by Tai Lahans

Churchill-Livingstone, softback, 395 pages, 34.99 [pounds sterling]

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I felt a sense of familiarity reading the introduction to this book, realising that Tai Lahans' own map of this subject was so closely matched to my own. Having studied, practised and taught Chinese Medicine (CM) oncology for decades, virtually everything in this book rings true with the authentic voice of hard won expertise. At last, a commendable book on cancer.

In her introduction Lahans mentions the shared East-West medical ethic of "first do no harm" and the ...

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