The World Health Organization has long walked the uneasy tightrope between evidence-based and traditional medicine. It is time to dismantle this unrealistic balance.
Source: QUESTAO DE CIENCIA
Questão de Ciência Magazine is the Portuguese-language digital publication of Brazil’s Questão de Ciência Institute (IQC), a non-profit association founded in 2018 and dedicated to promoting scientific thinking and the use of scientific evidence in public policy .
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